Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The Lord Extolled for His Goodness.
A Psalm of Praise, of David.
145 I will (A)extol You, (B)my God, O King,
And I will (C)bless Your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will (D)praise Your name forever and ever.
3 (E)Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His (F)greatness is unsearchable.
4 One (G)generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 On the (H)glorious [a]splendor of Your majesty
And (I)on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
6 Men shall speak of the [b]power of Your (J)awesome acts,
And I will (K)tell of Your greatness.
7 They shall [c]eagerly utter the memory of Your (L)abundant goodness
And will (M)shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
8 The Lord is (N)gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
9 The Lord is (O)good to all,
And His (P)mercies are over all His works.
10 (Q)All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,
And Your (R)godly ones shall bless You.
11 They shall speak of the (S)glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power;
12 To (T)make known to the sons of men [d]Your mighty acts
And the (U)glory of the majesty of [e]Your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is [f]an (V)everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord (W)sustains all who fall
And (X)raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all [g]look to You,
And You (Y)give them their food in due time.
16 You (Z)open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is (AA)righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.
18 The Lord is (AB)near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him (AC)in truth.
19 He will (AD)fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also (AE)hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord (AF)keeps all who love Him,
But all the (AG)wicked He will destroy.
21 My (AH)mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And (AI)all flesh will (AJ)bless His holy name forever and ever.
9 “You have made my heart beat faster, (A)my sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your (B)necklace.
10 “(C)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much (D)better is your love than wine,
And the (E)fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of [a]spices!
11 “Your lips, my bride, (F)drip (G)honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the (H)fragrance of Lebanon.
12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A [b]rock garden locked, a (I)spring (J)sealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an [c](K)orchard of (L)pomegranates
With (M)choice fruits, (N)henna with nard plants,
14 (O)Nard and saffron, calamus and (P)cinnamon,
With all the trees of (Q)frankincense,
(R)Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest [d]spices.
15 “You are a garden spring,
A well of [e](S)fresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
16 “[f]Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my (T)garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its [g]spices [h]be wafted abroad.
May (U)my beloved come into his garden
And eat its (V)choice fruits!”
The Torment of Separation
33 And they said to Him, “(A)The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do [a]the same, but Yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the [b]attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? 35 (B)But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”
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