Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

² The Lord will make your royal authority spread out from Zion to other lands.
    He says, “Rule over your enemies who are all around you.”
³ Your troops will be willing to fight for you
    on the day of battle.
Your young men will be wrapped in holy majesty.
    They will come to you like the fresh dew that falls early in the morning.

⁴ The Lord has made a promise.
    He will not change his mind.
He has said, “You are a priest forever,
    just like Melchizedek.”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand.
    He will crush kings on the day when he is angry.
⁶ He will judge the nations. He will pile up dead bodies on the field of battle.
    He will crush the rulers of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way and receive new strength.
    And so he will win the battle.

22 You should want a good name more than you want great riches.
    To be highly respected is better than having silver or gold.

² The Lord made rich people and poor people.
    That’s what they have in common.

³ Wise people see danger and go to a safe place.
    But childish people keep going and suffer for it.

⁴ Being humble comes from having respect for the Lord.
    This will bring you wealth and honor and life.

⁵ Thorns and traps lie in the paths of evil people.
    But those who value their lives stay far away from them.

⁶ Start children off on the right path.
    And even when they are old, they will not turn away from it.

⁷ Rich people rule over those who are poor.
    Borrowers are slaves to lenders.

⁸ Anyone who plants evil gathers a harvest of trouble.
    Their power to treat others badly will be destroyed.

⁹ Those who give freely will be blessed.
    That’s because they share their food with those who are poor.