Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
37 1 This Psalm containeth exhortation and consolation for the weak, that are grieved at the prosperity of the wicked, and the affliction of the godly. 7 For how prosperously soever the wicked do live for the time, he doth affirm their felicity to be vain and transitory, because they are not in the favor of God, but in the end they are destroyed as his enemies. 11 And how miserably that the righteous seemeth to live in the world, yet his end is peace, and he is in the favor of God, he is delivered from the wicked, and preserved.
A Psalm of David.
1 Fret not [a]thyself because of the wicked men, neither be envious for the evildoers.
2 For they shall soon be [b]cut down like grass, and shall wither as the green herb.
3 [c]Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly:
4 And delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee thine heart’s desire.
5 [d]Commit thy way unto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy [e]judgment as the noon day.
7 Wait patiently upon the Lord, and hope in him: fret not thyself for him [f]which prospereth in his way, nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and leave off wrath: fret not thyself [g]also to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off, and they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
10 [h]Therefore yet a little while and the wicked shall not appear, and thou shalt look after his place, and he shall not be found.
11 But (A)meek men shall possess the earth, and shall have their delight in the multitude of peace.
39 But the [a]salvation of the righteous men shall be of the Lord: he shall be their strength in the time of trouble.
40 For the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and shall save them, because they trust in him.
18 ¶ Then Judah drew near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant now speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thy wrath be kindled against thy servant: for thou art even [a]as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, (A)Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we answered my lord, We have a father that is old, and a young [b]child, which he begat in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
21 Now thou saidest unto thy servants, Bring him unto me, that I may [c]set mine eye upon him.
22 And we answered my lord, The child cannot depart his father: for if he leave his father, his father would die.
23 Then saidest thou unto thy servants, (B)Except your younger brother come down with you, look in my face no more.
24 So when we came unto thy servant our father, and showed him what my lord had said,
25 And our father said unto us, Go again, buy us a little food.
26 Then we answered, We cannot go down, but if our youngest brother [d]go with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 Then thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my [e]wife bare me two sons.
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a surety he is torn in (C)pieces, and I saw him not since.
29 Now ye take this also away from me: if death take him, then [f]ye shall bring my gray head in sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the child be not with us (seeing that his [g]life dependeth on the child’s life.)
31 Then when he shall see that the child is not come, he will die: so shall thy servants bring down the gray head of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32 Doubtless thy servant became surety for the child to my father, and, (D)If I bring him not unto thee again, then I will bear the blame unto my father forever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let me thy servant abide for the child, as a servant to my lord, and let the child go up with his brethren.
34 For [h]how can I go up to my father: if the child be not with me, unless I would see the evil that shall come on my father.
57 [a]Yea, and why judge ye not of yourselves what is right?
58 ¶ (A)While thou goest with thine adversary to the ruler, as thou art in the way, give diligence in the way, that thou mayest be delivered from him, lest he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the [b]jailer, and the jailer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the utmost mite.
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