Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

⁴ Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.

⁶ And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

7 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

² And it was told the house of David, saying, “Syria is confederate with Ephraim.” And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

³ Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, “Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub [that is, The remnant shall return], thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the Fuller’s Field,

⁴ and say unto him: ‘Take heed, and be quiet. Fear not, neither be fainthearted at the two tails of these smoking firebrands — at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁵ Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

⁶ “Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel,”

⁷ thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

⁸ For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.’”

²⁹ And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him.

³⁰ And behold, two blind men were sitting by the wayside when they heard that Jesus was passing by, and they cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David!”

³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace; but they cried out the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David!”

³² And Jesus stood still, and called them and said, “What will ye that I shall do unto you?”

³³ They said unto Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³⁴ So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.