Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

115 ¹⁰ I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

¹¹ I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

¹² What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?

¹³ I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

¹⁶ O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

¹⁷ I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

¹⁹ In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

²⁹ And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the rational of judgement upon his breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a memorial before the Lord for ever.

³⁰ And thou shalt put in the rational of judgment doctrine and truth, which shall be on Aaron's breast, when he shall go in before the Lord: and he shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always.

³¹ And thou shalt make the tunick of the ephod all of violet,

³² In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken.

³³ And beneath at the feet of the same tunick round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegranates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little bells set between:

³⁴ So that there shall be a golden bell and a pomegranate, and again another golden bell and a pomegranate.

³⁵ And Aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard, when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die.

³⁶ Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.

³⁷ And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre,

³⁸ Hanging over the forehead of the high priest. And Aaron shall bear the iniquities of those things, which the children of Israel have offered and sanctified, in all their gifts and offerings. And the plate shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may be well pleased with them.

³ I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you,

⁴ Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all, with joy;

⁵ For your communication in the gospel of Christ from the first day until now.

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.

⁷ As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.

⁸ For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:

¹⁰ That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,

¹¹ Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.