Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

67 God be merciful to us and bless us. Cause His face to shine among us (Selah),

² so that they may know Your way upon Earth and Your saving health among all nations.

³ Let the people praise You, O God. Let all the people praise You.

⁴ Let the people be glad and rejoice; for You shall judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon the Earth. Selah.

⁵ Let the people praise You, O God. Let all the people praise You.

⁶ Then shall the Earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our God, shall bless us.

⁷ God shall bless us, and all the ends of the Earth shall fear Him. To him who excels: A psalm or song of David

⁹ then you shall understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

¹⁰ When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge delights your soul,

¹¹ then shall counsel preserve you. And understanding shall keep you,

¹² and deliver you from the evil way; and from the man who speaks crooked things;

¹³ and from those who leave the ways of righteousness to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

¹⁵ whose ways are crooked. And they are lewd in their paths.

19 Now when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho,

² behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief receiver of the tribute. And he was rich.

³ And he sought to see Jesus (who He was) and could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

⁴ Therefore he ran ahead and climbed up into a wild fig tree, so that he might see Him. For He would be coming that way.

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus! Come down at once! For today I must stay at your house!”

⁶ Then he quickly came down and received Him joyfully.

⁷ And when they all saw it, they murmured, saying that He had gone to lodge with a sinful man.

⁸ But Zacchaeus, standing, said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have taken from anyone by false accusation, I restore it to him fourfold.”

⁹ Then Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house! Because he has also become the son of Abraham!

¹⁰ “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save those who have been lost.”