Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴ But this is not the case with the wicked.
    They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not escape^[e] judgment,
    nor will sinners have a place^[f] in the assembly of the righteous.
⁶ For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

It isn’t good to show partiality in judgment.
²⁴ Whoever says to the wicked, “You’re in the right,”
        will be cursed by people and hated by nations.
²⁵ But as for people who rebuke the wicked;^[a]
    a good blessing will fall upon them.

²⁶ A kiss on the lips—
    that’s what someone who gives an honest answer deserves.^[b]

²⁷ First do your outside work,
    preparing your land for yourself.
        After that, build your house.

²⁸ Don’t testify against your neighbor without a cause,
    and don’t lie when you speak.^[c]
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him like he did to me,
    I’ll be sure to pay him back for what he did.”

³⁰ I went by the field belonging to a lazy man,
    by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.
³¹ There it was, overgrown with thistles,
    the ground covered with thorns,
        its stone wall collapsed.
³² As I observed, I thought about it;
    I watched, and learned a lesson:
³³ “A little sleep! A little slumber!
    A little folding of my hands to rest!”
³⁴ Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    your need like an armed bandit.