Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
113 1 An exhortation to praise the Lord for his providence 7 in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his Church.
Praise ye the Lord.
1 Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, [a]praise the Name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from henceforth and forever.
3 The Lord’s Name is praised from the rising of the sun, unto the going down of the same.
4 The Lord is high above all [b]nations, and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high.
6 Who abaseth himself to behold things in the heavens and in the earth!
7 He raiseth the needy out of the dust, and lifteth up the [c]poor out of the dung,
8 That he may set him with the princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a family, and a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
8 Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no [a]place, that ye may be placed by yourselves in the midst of the earth.
9 This is in mine [b]ears, saith the Lord of hosts. Surely many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vines shall yield one [c]bath, and the seed of an [d]homer shall yield an [e]ephah.
11 ¶ Woe unto them, that [f]rise up early to follow drunkenness, and to them that continue until [g]night, till the wine do inflame them,
12 And the harp and viol, timbrel and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the [h]work of the Lord, neither consider the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people [i]is gone into captivity, because they had [j]no knowledge, and the glory thereof are men famished, and the multitude thereof is dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore [k]hell hath enlarged itself, and hath opened his mouth without measure, and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, shall descend into it.
15 And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, even the eyes of the proud shall be humbled.
16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.
17 Then shall [l]the lambs feed after their manner, and the strangers shall eat the desolate places of the fat.
18 ¶ Woe unto them that draw iniquity with [m]cords of vanity, and sin, as with cart ropes:
19 Which say, [n]Let him make speed: let him hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it.
20 Woe unto them that speak good of evil, [o]and evil of good, which put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for sour.
21 Woe unto them that are [p]wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.
22 Woe unto them that are [q]mighty to drink wine, and unto them that are strong to pour in strong drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him.
41 (A)[a]And as Jesus sat over against the treasury, he beheld how the people [b]cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
43 Then he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury.
44 For they all did cast in of their superfluity: but she of her poverty did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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