Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.

67 God be gracious unto us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

² That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.

³ Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.

⁴ Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.

⁵ Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

⁶ The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us:

⁷ God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

¹¹ discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

19 And he entered and passed through Jericho.

² And behold, [there was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

⁴ And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].

⁵ And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must remain in thy house.

⁶ And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy.

⁷ And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return [him] fourfold.

⁹ And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰ for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.