Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁽¹⁾ Adonai says to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies
your footstool.”

² Adonai will send your powerful scepter
out from Tziyon,
so that you will rule over
your enemies around you.
³ On the day your forces mobilize,
your people willingly offer themselves
in holy splendors from the womb of the dawn;
the dew of your youth is yours.

⁴ Adonai has sworn it,
and he will never retract —
“You are a cohen forever,
to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.”

⁵ Adonai at your right hand
will shatter kings on the day of his anger.
⁶ He will pass judgment among the nations,
filling it with dead bodies;
he will shatter heads
throughout an extensive territory.
⁷ He will drink from a stream as he goes on his way;
therefore he will hold his head high.

22 Rather than wealth, choose a good reputation,
    esteem over silver and gold.

² Rich and poor have this in common —
    Adonai made them both.

³ The clever see trouble coming and hide;
    the simple go on and pay the penalty.

⁴ The reward for humility is fear of Adonai,
    along with wealth, honor and life.

⁵ Thorns and snares beset the way of the stubborn;
    he who values his life keeps his distance from them.

⁶ Train a child in the way he [should] go;
    and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.

⁷ The rich rule the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

⁸ He who sows injustice reaps trouble,
    and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.

⁹ He who is generous is blessed,
    because he shares his food with the poor.

“Love your enemies!
    Do good to those who hate you,
²⁸ bless those who curse you,
    pray for those who mistreat you.

²⁹ “If someone hits you on one cheek,
    offer the other too;
if someone takes your coat,
    let him have your shirt as well.

³⁰ “If someone asks you for something,
    give it to him;
if someone takes what belongs to you,
    don’t demand it back.