Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
103 1 He provoketh all to praise the Lord, which hath pardoned his sins, delivered him from destruction and given him sufficient of all good things. 10 Then he addeth the tender mercies of God, which he showeth like a most tender Father toward his children. 14 The frailty of man’s life. 20 An exhortation to man and Angels to praise the Lord.
A Psalm of David.
1 My soul, [a]praise thou the Lord, and all that is within me, praise his holy Name.
2 My soul, praise thou the Lord, and forget not all his benefits.
3 Which [b]forgiveth all thine iniquity, and healeth all thine infirmities.
4 Which redeemeth thy life from the [c]grave; and crowneth thee with mercy and compassions.
5 Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things: and thy [d]youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment to all that are oppressed.
7 He made his ways known unto [e]Moses, and his works unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness.
32 ¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and to Aaron, and unto all the Congregation,
34 And they put him (A)ward: for it was not declared what should be done unto him.
35 Then the Lord said unto Moses, This man shall die the death: and let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host.
36 And all the Congregation brought him without the host, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
37 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they (B)make them fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put upon the fringes of the borders a ribbon of blue silk.
39 And ye shall have the fringes that when ye look upon them, ye may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them: and that ye seek not after your own heart, nor after your own eyes, after the which ye go a [a]whoring;
40 That ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
3 [a]Consider therefore him that endureth such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 [b]Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 [c]And ye have forgotten the consolation, which speaketh unto you as unto children, (A)My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.
6 For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God offered himself unto you as unto sons: for what son is it whom the father chasteneth not?
8 If therefore ye be without correction, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 [d]Moreover we have had the fathers of our bodies which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spirits, that we might live?
10 [e]For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure, but he chastened us for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: but afterward, it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness, unto them which are thereby exercised.
12 [f]Wherefore lift up your hands which [g]hang down, and your weak knees,
13 And make [h]straight steps unto your feet, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.
14 (B)[i]Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without the which no man shall see the Lord.
15 [j]Take heed, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no [k]root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled.
16 [l]Let there be no fornicator, or profane person as (C)Esau, which for one portion of meat sold his birthright.
17 (D)For ye know how that afterward also when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no [m]place to repentance, though he sought that blessing with tears.
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