Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
18 1 This Psalm is the first beginning of his gratulation, and thanksgiving in the entering into his kingdom, wherein he extolleth and praiseth most highly the marvelous mercies and grace of God, who hath thus preserved and defended him. 32 Also he setteth forth the image of Christ’s kingdom, that the faithful may be assured that Christ shall always conquer and overcome by the unspeakable power of his Father, though all the whole world should strive there against.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, which spake unto the Lord the words of this song (in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and said,
1 I will love thee dearly, O Lord my strength.
2 (A)[a]The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and he that delivereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.
3 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be [b]praised: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my [a]righteousness: according to the pureness of mine hand he recompensed me:
21 Because I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.
22 For all his laws were before me, and I did not cast away his [b]commandments from me.
23 I was upright also with him, and have kept me from my [c]wickedness.
24 Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness, and according to the pureness of mine hands in his sight.
25 With the [d]godly thou wilt show thyself godly: with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure, and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward.
27 Thus thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt [e]cast down to proud looks.
28 Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will lighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have [f]broken through an host, and by my God I have leaped over a wall.
30 The way of God is uncorrupt: the [g]word of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
31 For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mighty save our God?
32 God girdeth me with strength, and maketh my [h]way upright.
18 Thou hast forgotten the mighty God, that begat thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 The Lord then saw it, and was angry, for the provocation of his [a]sons and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them: I will see what their end shall be: for they are a froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 Oh that they were wise, then they would understand this: they would [a]consider their latter end.
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their strong God had sold them, and the Lord had [b]shut them up?
31 For their god is not as our God, even our enemies being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters be bitter.
33 Their [c]wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.
34 Is not this laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 (A)Vengeance and recompense are mine: their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them, make haste.
36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and [d]repent toward his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and none [e]shut up in hold nor left abroad.
37 When men shall say, Where are their gods, their mighty God, in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and did drink the wine of their drink offering? let them rise up, and help you: let him be your refuge.
39 Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: (B)I kill, and give life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliver out of mine hand.
33 [a]O the deepness of the riches, both of the wisdom, and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his [b]judgments, and his [c]ways past finding out!
34 (A)[d]For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who was his counselor?
35 Or who hath given unto him [e]first, and he shall be recompensed?
36 For of him, and through him, and for [f]him are all things: to him be glory forever. Amen.
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