Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

145 Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

² Every day do I bless Thee, And praise Thy name to the age and for ever.

³ Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

⁴ Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

⁵ The honour -- the glory of Thy majesty, And the matters of Thy wonders I declare.

⁶ And the strength of Thy fearful acts they tell, And Thy greatness I recount.

⁷ The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing.

⁸ Gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

¹³ And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.

¹⁴ And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, `Destruction [is] at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'

¹⁵ This [is] the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, `I [am], and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!

²³ and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

²⁴ and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

²⁵ And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?'

²⁶ And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

²⁷ Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

²⁹ and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

³⁰ and many first shall be last, and last first.