Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
14 The Lord (A)upholds all who are falling
and (B)raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all (C)look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16 You (D)open your hand;
you (E)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is (F)righteous in all his ways
and (G)kind in all his works.
18 The Lord is (H)near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him (I)in truth.
19 He (J)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also (K)hears their cry and saves them.
20 The Lord (L)preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and (M)let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Israel the Lord's Chosen
44 “But now hear, (A)O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!
2 Thus says the Lord who made you,
(B)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
(C)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
(D)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
3 (E)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
4 They shall spring up among the grass
(F)like willows by flowing streams.
5 (G)This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”
Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for (E)bread, will give him (F)a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, (G)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will (H)your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.