Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.^(C)
4 We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.^(D)

² This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,
because I am upset!^[a]
3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding^[b] makes me reply.^(B)

⁴ Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
from the time man was placed on earth,
⁵ the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?^(C)
6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven,
and his head touches the clouds,^(D)
7 he will vanish forever like his own dung.
Those who know^[c] him will ask, “Where is he?”^(E)
8 He will fly away like a dream and never be found;
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.^(F)
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more,^(G)
and his household will no longer see him.^(H)
10 His children will beg from^[d] the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones may be full of youthful vigor,
but will lie down with him in the grave.^(I)

This is My beloved Son.^[a]
I take delight in Him!^[b](C)