Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

² Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.

³ For thy mercy is before my eyes, and I walk in thy truth.

⁴ I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ ¶ I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD:

⁷ That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works.

⁸ LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

⁹ Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands:

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

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me.

¹² I have walked uprightly; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

¹ ¶ The vision of Obadiah. Thus hath the Lord GOD said concerning Edom: We have heard the message from the LORD, and a messenger is sent to the Gentiles, Arise, and let us rise up against her in battle.

² Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou shalt be greatly humbled.

³ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; 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, from there I will bring thee down, said the LORD.

⁵ Did thieves come to thee, or robbers by night? (how art thou destroyed!) would they not have stolen until they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

⁶ How were the things of Esau searched out! His hidden things were sought after!

⁷ All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee and prevailed against thee; those that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee; there is no intelligence in this.

⁸ Shall I not in that day, said the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom and intelligence out of the mount of Esau?

⁹ And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed because every man shall be cut off from mount of Esau by the slaughter.

⁹ After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands

¹⁰ and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation unto him who is seated upon the throne of our God and unto the Lamb.

¹¹ And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four animals; and they fell upon their faces before the throne and worshipped God,

¹² saying, Amen: The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

¹³ ¶ And one of the elders responded and asked me, Who are these who are arrayed in long white robes? and where did they come from?

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

¹⁵ Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that is seated on the throne shall dwell among them.

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun be thrust upon them nor any other heat.

¹⁷ For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall govern them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.