Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He makes me to rest in green pasture and leads me by the still waters.

³ He restores my soul and leads me in the paths of righteousness, for His Name’s sake.

⁴ Indeed, though I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me in the sight of my adversaries. You anoint my head with oil; and my cup runs over.

⁶ Doubtless, kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall remain in the House of the LORD forever. A Psalm of David.

⁸ And he uncovered the covering of Judah. And on that day, you looked to the armor of the house of the forest.

⁹ And you have seen the breaches of the City of David. For they were many. And you gathered the waters of the lower pool.

¹⁰ And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem. And you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall,

¹¹ and have also made a ditch between the two walls for the waters of the old pool, and have not looked to its Maker, nor had respect to Him Who formed it of old.

¹² And on that day, the LORD God of Hosts called for weeping and mourning and for baldness and girding with sackcloth.

¹³ and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking. For tomorrow, we shall die.

¹⁴ And it was declared in the Ears of the LORD of Hosts. “Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you, till you die,” says the LORD God of Hosts.

⁴ You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that the amity of the world is the enmity of God? Therefore, whoever will be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.

⁵ Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that dwells in us longs enviously”?

⁶ But it offers more grace, and therefore says, “God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

⁷ Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸ Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. And purge your hearts, you double-minded.

⁹ Suffer afflictions and sorrow, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.

¹⁰ Cast yourselves down before the Lord, and He will lift you up.