Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ O Eternal One, my heart is not occupied with proud thoughts;
    my eyes do not look down on others;
I don’t even begin to get involved in matters too big, matters of faith, state, business,
    or the many things that defy my ability to understand them.
² Of one thing I am certain: my soul has become calm, quiet, and contented in You.
    Like a weaned child resting upon his mother, I am quiet.
    My soul is like this weaned child.

²² Lying lips disgust the Eternal,
    but those who act faithfully delight Him.
²³ A clever man is careful in revealing what he knows,
    but a fool betrays his incompetence.
²⁴ The hand of the hard workers will one day rule,
    and slackers will be forced to labor.
²⁵ The weight of worry drags us down,
    but a good word lightens our day.
²⁶ Those who live right are good guides to those who follow,^[a]
    but wrongdoers will steer their friends down the wrong path.
²⁷ Slackers don’t take time to cook their food,^[b]
    but hard workers prize everything they have.
²⁸ Life springs up along the path of integrity,
    and death has no place along its course.