Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

146 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
² I will praise the Lord ^(B)as long as I live;
    ^(C)I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
^3 (D)Put not your trust in princes,
    ^(E)in a son of man, in whom there is ^(F)no salvation.
⁴ When ^(G)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.
^5 (H)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose ^(I)hope is in the Lord his God,
^6 (J)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
^(K)who keeps faith for ever;
^{7     (L)}who executes justice for the oppressed,
    ^(M)who gives food to the hungry.
^(N)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
^{8     (O)}the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^(P)The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    ^(Q)the Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (R)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
    ^(S)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but ^(T)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
^10 (U)The Lord will reign for ever,
    your God, O Zion, to all generations.
^(V)Praise the Lord!

32 Behold, ^(A)a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes will rule in justice.
^2 (B)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
^(C)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
^3 (D)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
⁴ The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
    ^(E)and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
^5 (F)The fool will no more be called noble,
    nor the scoundrel said to be honourable.
⁶ For ^(G)the fool speaks folly,
    and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practise ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
^(H)to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
⁷ As for the scoundrel—^(I)his devices are evil;
    he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.
⁸ But he who is noble plans noble things,
    and on noble things he stands.