Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Cheth

⁸ The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.

Teth

⁹ The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies shine over all his works.

Samech

¹⁴ The LORD upholds all that fall and raises up all those that are oppressed.

Ain

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.

Pe

¹⁶ Thou dost open thine hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Tzaddi

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways and merciful in all his works.

Koph

¹⁸ The LORD is near unto all those that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Resh

¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of those that fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.

Schin

²⁰ The LORD preserves all those that love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Tau

²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

44 ¶ Yet now hear, O Jacob my slave and Israel, whom I have chosen:

² Thus saith the LORD that made thee and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my slave, and thou, Jesurun, {Heb. the upright one} whom I have chosen.

³ For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring:

⁴ And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

⁵ One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD and surname himself by the name of Israel.

⁷ ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;

⁸ for every one that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

⁹ Or what man is there of you, whom, if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he asks for fish, will he give him a serpent?

¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those that ask him?