Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The [a]Psalms of David
1 Whether it was Esdras, or any other that gathered the Psalms into a book, it seemeth he did set this Psalm first in manner of a preface, to exhort all godly men to study and meditate the heavenly wisdom. For the effect hereof is, 1 That they be blessed which give themselves wholly all their life to the holy Scriptures; 4 and that the wicked contemners of God, though they seem for a while happy, yet at length shall come to miserable destruction.
1 Blessed is the man that doth not walk in the [b]counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the (A)law of the Lord, and in his [c]law doth he meditate day and night.
3 For he shall be like a (B)tree planted by the rivers of waters, that will bring forth her fruits in due season: whose leaf shall not fade: so [d]whatsoever he shall do, shall prosper.
4 [e]The wicked are not so, but as the chaff, which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the [f]judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord [g]knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked shall perish.
12 Therefore thou shalt say unto them this word, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every [a]bottle shall be filled with wine, and they shall say unto thee, do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon the throne of David, and the Priests and the Prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness.
14 And I will [b]dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not spare, I will not pity, nor have compassion, but destroy them.
15 Hear and give ear, be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken it.
16 Give glory to the Lord your God before he bring [c]darkness, and or ever your feet stumble in the dark mountains, and while you look for [d]light, he turn it into the shadow of death and make it as darkness.
17 But if ye will not hear this, my soul shall [e]weep in secret for your pride, and mine eye shall weep and drop down tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
18 Say unto the [f]King and to the Queen: Humble yourselves, sit down, for the crown of your glory shall come down from your heads.
19 The cities of [g]the South shall be shut up, and no man shall open them: all Judah shall be carried away captive: it shall be wholly carried away captive:
26 [a]Ye men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27 [b]For the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the words of the Prophets, which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, (A)yet desired they Pilate to kill him.
29 And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in a sepulcher.
30 [c]But God (B)raised him up from the dead.
31 And he was seen many days of them, which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, which are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you, that touching the promise made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled it unto us their children, in that he [d]raised up Jesus, [e]even as it is written in the second Psalm, (C)Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
34 Now as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus, (D)I will give you the holy things of David, [f]which are faithful.
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