Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴ I do not sit with those committed to what is false,
    nor do I travel with hypocrites.
⁵ I hate the company of those who practice evil,
    nor do I sit with the wicked.
⁶ I wash my hands innocently.
    I go around your altar, Lord,
⁷ so I may praise you loudly with thanksgiving
    and declare all your wondrous acts.

⁸ Lord, I love the dwelling place that is your house,
    the place where your glory resides.
⁹ Do not group me^[b] with sinners,
    nor include me^[c] with men who shed blood.
¹⁰ Their hands are filled with wicked schemes,
    and their right hands with bribes.

¹¹ But as for me,
    I walk in my integrity.
        Redeem me and be gracious to me!
¹² My feet stand on level ground;
    among the worshiping congregations
        I will bless the Lord.

¹¹ “On the day you just stood by,^[b]
when^[c] strangers carried away Jacob’s^[d] wealth
and foreigners entered his gates,
    casting lots for Jerusalem,
you were just like one of them.

¹² “You should not have gloated over your brother,^[e]
    on the day of his calamity.
You should not have rejoiced
    when^[f] the descendants of Judah were perishing.
You should not have boasted^[g]
    when^[h] they were in distress.

¹³ “You should not have entered the gate of my people
    on the day of their disaster.^[i]
Also, you should not have gloated over Judah’s^[j] misfortune
    on the day of his disaster,^[k]
nor should you have plundered his wealth
    on the day of his disaster.^[l]
14 And you should not have taken your stand at the crossroads
    to cut down his fleeing refugees,
nor should you have handed over his survivors
    on the day of his distress.”