Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁵ My soul, ^(A)wait in silence for God alone,
For my hope is from Him.
⁶ He alone is ^(B)my rock and my salvation,
My refuge; I will not be shaken.
⁷ My ^(C)salvation and my glory rest on God;
The rock of my strength, my ^(D)refuge is in God.
^8 (E)Trust in Him at all times, you people;
^(F)Pour out your hearts before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah

⁹ People of ^(G)low standing are only ^(H)breath, and people of rank are a ^(I)lie;
In the ^(J)balances they go up.
Together they are lighter than breath.
^10 (K)Do not trust in oppression,
And do not vainly rely on ^(L)robbery;
If wealth increases, ^(M)do not set your heart on it.

¹¹ God has ^(N)spoken ^[a]once;
^[b]Twice I have heard this:
That ^(O)power belongs to God;
¹² And faithfulness ^(P)is Yours, Lord,
For You ^(Q)reward a person according to his work.

¹⁴ Cursed be the ^(A)day when I was born;
May the day when my mother gave birth to me not be blessed!
¹⁵ Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A ^[a](B)boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.
¹⁶ But may that man be like the cities
Which the Lord ^(C)overthrew without ^[b]relenting,
And may he hear an ^(D)outcry in the morning
And ^[c]an alarm for war at noon;
¹⁷ Because he did not ^(E)kill me ^[d]before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb forever pregnant.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of the womb
To ^(F)look at trouble and sorrow,
So that my ^(G)days have been spent in ^(H)shame?