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.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the North: where is the [a]flock that was given thee, even thy beautiful flock?
21 What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? (for thou hast [b]taught them to be captains and as chief over thee) shall not sorrow take thee as a woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the multitude of thine iniquities are thy skirts [c]discovered and thy heels made bare.
23 Can the black Moor change his skin? or the leopard his spots, then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil?
24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South wind.
25 This is thy portion, and the part of thy measures from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in lies.
26 Therefore I have also discovered thy skirts upon thy face, [d]that thy shame may appear.
27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy [e]neighings, the filthiness of thy whoredom on the hills in [f]the fields, and thine abominations. [Woe] unto thee, O Jerusalem: wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
17 [a]And if ye [b]call him Father, which without (A)respect of person judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your dwelling here in fear.
18 [c]Knowing that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation, received by the traditions of the fathers,
19 (B)But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb undefiled, and without spot.
20 [d]Which was (C)ordained before the [e]foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,
21 Which by his means do believe in God that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 [f]Having purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, to (D)love brotherly without feigning, love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born anew, not of mortal seed, but of immortal, by the word of God, who liveth and endureth forever.
24 [g]For all (E)[h]flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth away.
25 [i]But the word of the Lord endureth forever: and this is the word which is preached among you.
2 He exhorteth the newborn in faith, to lead their lives answerable to the same: 6 and lest their faith should stagger, he bringeth in that which was foretold touching Christ. 11 Then he willeth them to be obedient to Magistrates, 21 and that they patiently bear adversity after Christ’s example.
1 Wherefore, (F)[j]laying aside all maliciousness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and all evil speaking,
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