Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?

³ Happy are those that keep judgment and he that does righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou dost bear unto thy people; O visit me with thy saving health,

⁵ that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

⁶ ¶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies but rebelled by the sea, even at the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

⁹ He reprehended the Red Sea also, and it was dried up, so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

¹² Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

41 ¶ Listen unto me, O islands; and let the peoples strengthen themselves; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

² Who raised up righteousness from the east, called him that he might follow him, gave the Gentiles before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.

³ He pursued them and passed in peace by the way that his feet had never entered.

⁴ Who has wrought and done it? Who calls the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and I, myself am with those who are last.

⁵ The isles saw it and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid; they congregated and came.

⁶ Each one helped his neighbour; and each one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

⁷ So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is well joined and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

⁸ But thou, Israel, my slave, Jacob whom I have chosen, art the seed of Abraham my friend.

⁹ For I have taken thee from the ends of the earth and called thee from the boundaries thereof and said unto thee Thou shalt be my slave; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

¹⁰ ¶ Do not fear for I am with thee; do not be dismayed, for I am thy God, who strengthens thee; I will help thee always; I will always uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹¹ Behold, all those that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and those that strive with thee shall perish.

¹² Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them, even those that contended with thee; those that war against thee shall be as nothing and as a thing of nought.

¹³ For I am the LORD thy God that holds thy right hand saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

18 ¶ At the same time the disciples came unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

² And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them

³ and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

⁵ And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.