Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

25 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

² My God, I trust in You. Let me not be confounded. Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.

³ So all who hope in You shall not be ashamed. Let those who transgress without cause be confounded.

⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD, and teach me Your paths.

⁵ Lead me forth in Your truth and teach me. For You are the God of my salvation. In You do I trust, all the day.

⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies, and Your lovingkindness. For they have been forever.

⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions. But according to Your kindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.

⁸ Gracious and righteous are the LORD. Therefore, He will teach sinners in the way.

⁹ Those who are meek, He will guide in judgment and teach the humble His way.

⁵ “But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

⁶ “has not eaten upon the mountains or lifted up his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel or defiled his neighbor’s wife or approached a menstruous woman,

⁷ “or oppressed anyone; if he has restored the pledge to his debtor, has robbed no one by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

⁸ “has not lent with usury or taken any increase, has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,

⁹ “and has walked in My Statutes, and has kept My Judgments, to deal truly, he is just. He shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.

¹⁰ “If he begets a son who is a thief or a shedder of blood, if he does any of these things

¹¹ “(even if he does not do all these things, but still has): eaten upon the mountains or defiled his neighbor’s wife,

¹² “has oppressed the poor and needy or has robbed by violence or has not restored the pledge or has lifted up his eyes to idols or has committed abomination,

¹³ “has lent with usury or taken increase, shall he live? He shall not live, seeing he has done all these abominations. He shall die the death. His blood shall be upon himself.

¹⁴ “But if he begets a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears but doesn’t do the same,

¹⁵ “so that he has not eaten upon the mountains or lifted up his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel or defiled his neighbor’s wife

¹⁶ “or oppressed anyone or withheld the pledge or robbed by violence; but has given his bread to the hungry, has covered the naked with a garment,

¹⁷ “has not withdrawn his hand from the afflicted or received usury or increase but has executed My Judgments and walked in My Statutes, he shall not die in the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

¹⁸ “His father, because he cruelly oppressed and robbed his brother by violence, and has not done good among his people, lo, he dies in his iniquity.

³² “And we declare to you concerning the promise made to the fathers:

³³ “that God has fulfilled it to us, their children, in that He raised up Jesus; even as it is written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son. This day have I begotten You.’

³⁴ “And considering that He raised Him up from the dead, to return no more to decay, He has said this, ‘I will give you the holy things of David, which are faithful.’

³⁵ “Therefore He also says in another place, ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.’

³⁶ “For David - after he had served his time, by the counsel of God - slept, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

³⁷ “But He Whom God raised up, saw no decay.

³⁸ “Therefore, be it known to you, brothers, that the forgiveness of sins is preached to you through this Man.

³⁹ “And by Him, everyone who believes is justified from all things which the Law of Moses could not justify.

⁴⁰ “Therefore beware, so that that which is spoken of in the Prophets does not come upon you:

⁴¹ ‘Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and vanish away. For I work a work in your days; a work which you shall not believe, if one should declare it you.’”