Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
145 O my God and King, I will extol You, and will bless Your Name forever and ever.
2 I will bless You daily and praise Your Name forever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and most worthy to be praised. His greatness is incomprehensible.
4 Generation to generation shall praise Your works and declare Your power.
5 I will meditate on the beauty of Your glorious majesty and Your wonderful works.
6 And they shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, and I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall break out into the mention of Your great goodness and shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works.
10 All Your works praise You, O LORD, and Your Saints bless You.
11 They show the glory of Your Kingdom, and speak of Your power,
12 to cause His power and the glorious renown of His Kingdom to be known to the sons of men.
13 Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all ages.
14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are ready to fall.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand and fulfill the desire of all living things.
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and Holy in all His works.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them.
20 The LORD preserves all those who love Him; but He will destroy the wicked.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and all flesh shall bless His Holy Name forever and ever. Praise the LORD.
54 “Rejoice, O barren who did not bear! Break forth into joy and rejoice, you who did not labor with child! For the desolate has more children than the married wife,” says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tents. And let them spread out the curtains of your habitations. Do not spare. Stretch out your cords and strengthen your stakes.
3 “For you shall increase on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall possess the Gentiles and dwell in the desolate cities.
4 “Do not fear. For you shall not be ashamed. Nor shall you be confounded. For you shall not be put to shame. Indeed, you shall forget the shame of your youth and shalt not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 “For He Who made you is your husband (Whose Name is the LORD of Hosts). And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of the whole world.
6 “For the LORD has called you, being like a woman forsaken and afflicted in spirit, and like a young wife when you were refused,” says your God.
7 “For a little while I have forsaken you. But with great compassion I will gather you.
8 “For a moment, in anger, I hid My Face from you for a little season. But with everlasting mercy, I have had compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer.
9 love without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil, and cling to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectionate toward one another with brotherly love. Lead one another toward honor,
11 not slothful to do service, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,
12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,
13 distributing to the needs of the saints, giving yourselves to the loving of strangers.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, I say, and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
16 Be like-minded toward one another. Do not be high-minded; but align yourselves with the humble. Do not be wise in your own eyes.
17 Repay no one evil for evil. Provide honorably in the sight of all mankind.
18 If it is possible, as much as you can, be at peace with all mankind.
19 Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves; but give Wrath its opportunity. For it is written, “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay”, says the Lord.
20 Therefore, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing, you shall heap coals of fire on his head.”
21 Be not overcome by evil. But, overcome evil with good.
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