Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
11 (A)Teach me Your way, O Yahweh;
I will walk in Your truth;
(B)Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will (C)give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And will glorify Your name forever.
13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have (D)delivered my soul from Sheol below.
14 O God, arrogant men have (E)risen up against me,
And [a]a band of ruthless men have sought my [b]life,
And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God (F)compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and [c]truth.
16 (G)Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh (H)grant Your strength to Your slave,
And save the (I)son of Your maidservant.
17 [d](J)Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may (K)see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Yahweh, (L)have helped me and comforted me.
18 They do not (A)know, nor do they understand, for He has (B)smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they will have no insight. 19 No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there (C)knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then [a]I make the rest of it into an (D)abomination; [b]I fall down before a block of wood!” 20 He [c](E)feeds on ashes; a (F)deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, and he cannot say, “(G)Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the (A)false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are (B)ravenous wolves. 16 You will [a](C)know them by their fruits. [b]Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, (D)every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 (E)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will [c]know them (F)by their fruits.
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