Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

David’s Psalm of praise.

Aleph

¹ ¶ I will extol thee, my God, my king, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Beth

² Each day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Gimel

³ Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Daleth

⁴ One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts.

He

⁵ I will speak of the beauty of the glory of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works.

Vau

⁶ And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts, and I will declare thy greatness.

Zain

⁷ They shall proclaim the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Cheth

⁸ The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.

¹³ And he will stretch out his hand over the north wind and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness.

¹⁴ And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the Gentiles; both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in her thresholds; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the gates: for her cedar work shall be uncovered.

¹⁵ This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! anyone that passes by her shall hiss and wag his hand.

²³ ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is difficult that a rich man shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier to put a cable through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ But his disciples hearing these things were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name’s sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.

³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and many of the last shall be first.