Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

[A Psalm] of David.

26 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

² Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

³ For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

⁴ I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

⁷ That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

⁸ Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹ Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰ In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

¹² My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

¹ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations. Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

² Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.

³ The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high;—he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

⁴ Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

⁵ If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen [till] they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?

⁶ How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!

⁷ All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.

⁸ Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

⁹ And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

⁹ After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.

¹⁰ And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.

¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,

¹² saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen.

¹³ And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?

¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, *thou* knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits upon the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

¹⁶ They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;

¹⁷ because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.