Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁸ The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy.

⁹ The LORD is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works.

¹⁴ The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are ready to fall.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season.

¹⁶ You open Your hand and fulfill the desire of all living things.

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and Holy in all His works.

¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.

¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them.

²⁰ The LORD preserves all those who love Him; but He will destroy the wicked.

²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and all flesh shall bless His Holy Name forever and ever. Praise the LORD.

44 “But hear now, O Jacob, My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

² “Thus says the LORD, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you righteous whom I have chosen.

³ ‘For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your buds.

⁴ ‘And they shall grow, as among the grass, as the willows by the rivers of waters.’

⁵ “One shall say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’ Another shall be called by the name of Jacob. And another shall write to the LORD with his hand, and name himself by the name of Israel.

⁷ “Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

⁸ “For whoever asks, receives. And the one who seeks, finds. And to the one who knocks, it shall be opened.

⁹ “For what man is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, would give him a stone?

¹⁰ “Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

¹¹ “If you then, who are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your Father, Who is in Heaven, give good things to those who ask Him?