Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
21 The king shall rejoice in Your strength, O LORD. Indeed, how greatly shall he rejoice in Your salvation!
2 You have given him his heart’s desire and have not denied the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For You meet him with liberal blessings and set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of You, and You gave him a long life forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation. Dignity and honor You have laid upon him.
6 For You have set him as most blessed forever. You have made him glad with the joy of Your countenance.
7 Because the king trusts in the LORD, and in the mercy of the Most High, he shall not slide.
8 Your hand shall find out all Your enemies. And Your right hand shall find out those who hate You.
9 You shall make them like a fiery oven in time of Your anger. The LORD shall destroy them in His wrath. And the fire shall devour them.
10 You shall destroy their fruit from the Earth, and their seed from the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against You and imagined mischief. But they shall not prevail.
12 Therefore, You shall make them turn their back. And You shall make ready the strings of Your bow against their faces.
13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength. So, will we sing and praise Your power. To him who excels upon Aijeleth Hashahar: A Psalm of David.
15 After these things, the Word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your Buckler, your exceedingly great Reward.”
2 And Abram said, “O LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Also, Abram said, “Behold, You have given me no seed. Therefore, lo, a servant of my house shall be my heir.”
4 Then behold, the Word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man shall not be your heir. But one who shall come from your own loins, he shall be your heir.”
5 Moreover, He brought him forth and said, “Look up to Heaven now and tell the stars if you are able to number them.” And he said to him, “So shall your seed be.”
6 And Abram believed the LORD; and He counted that to him for righteousness.
7 Again, He said to him, “I am the LORD; Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land, to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “O LORD God, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?”
9 Then He said to him, “Bring me a heifer of three years old, and a female goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, also a turtle dove and a pigeon.”
10 So he brought all these to Him, and cut them down the middle, and laid every piece opposite each other. But He did not divide the birds.
11 Then birds of prey fell on the carcasses; and Abram drove them away.
12 And when the Sun went down, Abram fell into a heavy sleep. And lo, a very fearful darkness fell upon him.
13 Then He said to Abram, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them. And they shall afflict them.
14 “Notwithstanding, I will judge the nation whom they shall serve. And afterward, they shall come out with great possessions.
15 “But you shall go to your fathers in peace and shall be buried at an old age.
16 “And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 Also, when the Sun went down, there was a darkness. And behold, a smoking furnace and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
18 On that same day, the LORD made a Covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
33 “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or else make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For the tree is known by the fruit.
34 “O generations of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
35 “A good man brings forth good things out of the good treasure of his heart. And an evil man, out of an evil treasure, brings forth evil things.
36 “But I say to you, that of every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof on the Day of Judgment.
37 “For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.”
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