Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
20 (A)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
23 I was also blameless [a]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 (B)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 (C)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (D)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
27 For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down (E)haughty looks.
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.
29 (A)Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their (B)latter end!
30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (C)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
(D)Even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For (E)their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is (F)the poison of serpents,
And the cruel (G)venom of cobras.
34 ‘Is this not (H)laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?
35 (I)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(J)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
36 “For(K) the Lord will judge His people
(L)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (M)there is no one remaining, bond or free.
37 He will say: (N)‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34 “For who has known the (A)mind of the Lord?
Or (B)who has become His counselor?”
35 “Or(C) who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36 For (D)of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, (E)to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.