Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
21 O Lord, in your (A)strength the king rejoices,
and in your (B)salvation how greatly he exults!
2 You have (C)given him his heart's desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3 For you (D)meet him with rich blessings;
you set (E)a crown of (F)fine gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of you; you (G)gave it to him,
(H)length of days for ever and ever.
5 His (I)glory is great through your salvation;
(J)splendour and majesty you bestow on him.
6 For you make him most blessed for ever;[a]
you make him glad with the (K)joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be (L)moved.
8 Your hand will (M)find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them as (N)a blazing oven
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his (O)wrath,
and (P)fire will consume them.
10 You (Q)will destroy their (R)descendants from the earth,
and their offspring from among the children of man.
11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (S)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
12 For you will put them (T)to flight;
you will (U)aim at their faces with your bows.
13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power.
14 Fear not, you (A)worm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
your (B)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 (C)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh (D)the mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 (E)you shall winnow them, and (F)the wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
(G)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
17 (H)When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 (I)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(J)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 (K)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (L)the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that (M)the hand of the Lord has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 (A)I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with (B)all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (C)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (D)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (E)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (F)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have (G)reason to be proud of (H)my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except (I)what Christ has accomplished through me (J)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 (K)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that (L)from Jerusalem and all the way around (M)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (N)lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written,
(O)“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.