Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
A Psalm for Solomon.
1 ¶ Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
2 ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the destitute and shall break in pieces the violent.
5 They shall fear thee along with the sun and before the moon throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as the dew that waters the earth.
7 In his days shall righteousness flourish and abundance of peace until there is no longer any moon.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 Those that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all Gentiles shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.
13 He shall have mercy on the poor and destitute and shall save the souls of the poor in spirit.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily he shall be given blessings.
16 There shall be planted a handful of grain in the earth upon the tops of the mountains; its fruit shall thunder like Lebanon; and out of the city they shall blossom like the grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever; before the sun his name shall be disseminated, and all Gentiles shall be blessed in him; they shall call him blessed.
18 ¶ Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, the only one who does wondrous things
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
2 ¶ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep fled from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call magicians, astrologers, enchanters, and Chaldeans, that they might show the king his dreams. So they came and presented themselves before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever; tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from my memory; if ye will not make known unto me the dream with its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if ye show the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore show me the dream, and its interpretation.
7 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain time because ye see the thing is gone from my memory.
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you for ye certainly prepare lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time is changed; therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me its interpretation.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king’s matter; furthermore there is no king, prince, nor lord that asked such a thing of any magician or astrologer or Chaldean.
11 Finally, the thing that the king requires is singular, and there is no one that can show it before the king except the angels of God, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth, and the wise men were taken to be slain, and they sought Daniel and his fellows to kill them.
14 ¶ Then Daniel spoke with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.
15 He spoke and said to Arioch the king’s captain, What is the reason for which this decree has gone forth from the king with such haste? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 And Daniel went in, and asked the king that he give him time and that he would show the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
18 to petition mercies of the God of heaven concerning this mystery and that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Then the mystery was revealed unto Daniel in a night vision for which Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
17 ¶ This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses,
18 having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart,
19 who, after losing all sense of feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But ye have not so learned of the Christ,
21 if so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,
22 that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your understanding
24 and that ye put on the new man, which is created in conformity to God in righteousness and in the holiness of the truth.
25 Therefore, leaving the lie, speak every man truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
27 neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.
29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,
32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.
5 ¶ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children
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