Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh’s Greatness Is Unsearchable
A Praise of David.
Aleph
Beth
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will (D)praise Your name forever and ever.
Gimel
Daleth
4 One (G)generation shall laud Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty deeds.
He
5 On the (H)glorious [a]splendor of Your majesty
And (I)on the words of Your wondrous deeds, I will muse.
Vav
Zayin
7 They shall pour forth the memory of Your (L)abundant goodness
And will (M)shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
Heth
8 Yahweh is (N)gracious and compassionate;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
Teth
Yodh
Kaph
11 They shall speak of the (S)glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your might;
Lamedh
12 To (T)make known to the sons of men His mighty deeds
And the (U)glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
Mem
13 Your kingdom is [c]an (V)everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures from generation to every generation.
Samekh
Ayin
15 The eyes of all wait on You,
And You (Y)give them their food in due time.
Pe
16 You (Z)open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Tsadhe
17 Yahweh is (AA)righteous in all His ways
And holy in all His works.
Qoph
Resh
19 He will (AD)work out the desire of those who fear Him;
He will (AE)hear their cry for help and He will save them.
Shin
Tav
9 You have made my heart beat faster, (A)my sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your (B)necklace.
10 (C)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much (D)better is your love than wine,
And the (E)fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of [a]spices!
11 Your lips, my bride, (F)drip (G)honey from the comb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the (H)fragrance of Lebanon.
12 A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A [b]rock garden locked, a (I)spring (J)sealed up.
13 Your shoots are [c]an (K)orchard of (L)pomegranates
With (M)choice fruits, (N)henna with nard plants,
14 (O)Nard and saffron, calamus and (P)cinnamon,
With all the trees of (Q)frankincense,
(R)Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest [d]spices.
15 You are a garden spring,
A well of [e](S)fresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
16 “[f]Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my (T)garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its [g]spices flow forth.
May (U)my beloved come into his garden
And eat its (V)choice fruits!”
The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
33 And they said to Him, “(A)The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do likewise, but Yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “Can you make the [a]attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 (B)But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”
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