Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^9 [a]For you have made the Lord, ^(A)my refuge,
The Most High, ^(B)your dwelling place.
^10 (C)No evil will happen to you,
Nor will any plague come near your ^[b]tent.

¹¹ For He will give ^(D)His angels orders concerning you,
To protect you in all your ways.
¹² On their hands they will ^(E)lift you up,
So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will ^(F)walk upon the lion and cobra,
You will trample the young lion and the ^[c]serpent.

¹⁴ “^(G)Because he has loved Me, I will save him;
I will ^(H)set him securely on high, because he has ^(I)known My name.
¹⁵ He will ^(J)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in ^[d]trouble;
I will rescue him and ^(K)honor him.
¹⁶ I will satisfy him with ^[e]a ^(L)long life,
And ^[f](M)show him My salvation.”

¹⁰ You felt ^(A)secure in your wickedness and said,
‘^(B)No one sees me,’
Your ^(C)wisdom and your knowledge, ^[a]they have led you astray;
For you have said in your heart,
‘^(D)I am, and there is no one besides me.’
¹¹ But ^(E)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And ^(F)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you ^(G)suddenly.

¹² “Persist now in your ^(H)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
¹³ You are ^(I)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the ^(J)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and ^(K)save you from what will come upon you.
¹⁴ Behold, they have become ^(L)like stubble,
^(M)Fire burns them;
They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be ^(N)no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
¹⁵ So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Those who have ^(O)done business with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own ^[b]way;
There is ^(P)no one to save you.