Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways:

¹² They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹³ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.

¹⁶ With length of days will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

¹⁷ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, into the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

¹⁸ And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High God.

¹⁹ And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.

²⁰ And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.

²¹ And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

²² And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,

²³ if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take [anything] …; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

²⁴ save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to [the] glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for [the] truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

⁹ and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

¹² And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over [the] nations: in him shall [the] nations hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by [the] power of [the] Holy Spirit.