Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 23
The Good Shepherd
A Davidic psalm.
1 The Lord is my shepherd;(A)
there is nothing I lack.(B)
2 He lets me lie down in green pastures;(C)
He leads me beside quiet waters.(D)
3 He renews my life;
He leads me along the right paths[a]
for His name’s sake.(E)
4 Even when I go through the darkest valley,[b]
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;(F)
Your rod and Your staff[c]—they comfort me.(G)
32 Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of Amalek.”
Agag came to him trembling,[a] for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”[b][c]
33 Samuel declared:
As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.(A)
Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Samuel went to Ramah,(B) and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(C) of Saul.
Prologue
1 In the beginning(A) was the Word,[a](B)
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.(C)
2 He was with God in the beginning.(D)
3 All things were created(E) through Him,(F)
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
4 Life was in Him,[b](G)
and that life was the light(H) of men.
5 That light shines(I) in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome[c] it.(J)
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