Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

20 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob defend thee!

² May He send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.

³ May He remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah

⁴ May He grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel.

⁵ We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners; the Lord fulfill all thy petitions!

⁶ Now I know that the Lord saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.

⁷ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

⁸ They are brought down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright.

⁹ Save us, Lord! Let the King hear us when we call.

26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

² Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee.

⁴ Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.

⁵ For He bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, He layeth it low; He layeth it low, even to the ground; He bringeth it even to the dust.

⁶ The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”

⁷ The way of the just is uprightness; Thou, Most Upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

⁸ Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for Thee; the desire of our soul is to Thy name and to the remembrance of Thee.

⁹ With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

¹⁶ For this cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

¹⁸ while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.