Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^11 (A)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may ^(B)walk in your truth;
    ^(C)unite my heart to fear your name.
¹² I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name for ever.
^13 (D)For great is your steadfast love towards me;
    you have ^(E)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
¹⁴ O God, insolent men have ^(F)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.
¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God ^(G)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
^16 (H)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to ^(I)your servant,
    and save ^(J)the son of your maidservant.
^17 (K)Show me a sign of your ^(L)favour,
    that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

²¹ Set forth your case, says the Lord;
    bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
²² Let them bring them, and ^(A)tell us
    what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
    that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
    or declare to us the things to come.
^23 (B)Tell us what is to come hereafter,
    that we may know that you are gods;
^(C)do good, or do harm,
    that we may be dismayed and terrified.^[a]
24 Behold, ^(D)you are nothing,
    and your work is less than nothing;
    an abomination is he who chooses you.
^25 (E)I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
    ^(F)from the rising of the sun, ^(G)and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
    as the potter treads clay.
^26 (H)Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know,
    and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”?
There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed,
    none who heard your words.
^27 (I)I was the first to say^[b] to Zion, “Behold, here they are!”
    and ^(J)I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
^28 (K)But when I look, there is no one;
    among these there is no counsellor
    who, when I ask, gives an answer.
^29 (L)Behold, they are all a delusion;
    their works are nothing;
    their metal images are empty wind.

^(N)“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
    or the son of man, that you care for him?
⁷ You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
    you have crowned him with glory and honour,^[a]
8     putting everything in subjection under his feet.”