Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

27 The Lord is my ^(A)light and my ^(B)salvation;
    ^(C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold^[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?
² When evildoers assail me
    to ^(D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.
^3 (E)Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet^[b] I will be confident.
^4 (F)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may ^(G)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon ^(H)the beauty of the Lord
    and to enquire^[c] in his temple.
⁵ For he will ^(I)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will ^(J)lift me high upon a rock.
⁶ And now my ^(K)head shall be lifted up
    above my enemies all round me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of ^(L)joy;
^(M)I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
^7 (N)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸ You have said, ^(O)“Seek^[d] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^{[e]
9     (P)}Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    ^(Q)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ For ^(R)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(S)take me in.
^11 (T)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on ^(U)a level path
    because of my enemies.
^12 (V)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for ^(W)false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they ^(X)breathe out violence.
¹³ I believe^[f] that I shall look upon ^(Y)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(Z)the land of the living!
^14 (AA)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(AB)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

⁷ The path of the righteous is level;
    ^(A)you make level the way of the righteous.
⁸ In the path of your judgements,
    O Lord, we wait for you;
^(B)your name and ^(C)remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.
⁹ My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
^(D)For when your judgements are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
^10 (E)If favour is shown to the wicked,
    he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly
    and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
¹¹ O Lord, ^(F)your hand is lifted up,
    but ^(G)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
    Let ^(H)the fire for your adversaries consume them.
¹² O Lord, you will ordain ^(I)peace for us,
    for you have indeed done for us all our works.
¹³ O Lord our God,
    ^(J)other lords besides you have ruled over us,
    ^(K)but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
¹⁴ They are dead, they will not live;
    they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
    and wiped out all remembrance of them.
^15 (L)But you have increased the nation, O Lord,
    you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
    ^(M)you have enlarged all the borders of the land.