Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ They devise plots to dislodge me
    from my place on high^[a]
    and delight in spreading lies about me.
They bless with their lips,
    but they curse in their hearts. Selah
⁶ In God alone be at rest,^[b] O my soul;
    it is from him that my hope comes.
⁷ He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress, so that I stand unshaken.
⁸ My deliverance and my glory depend on God;
    he is my mighty rock and my refuge.
⁹ Trust in him at all times, my people,
    and pour out your heart before him,^[c]
    for God is our refuge. Selah
¹⁰ Ordinary people are no more than a breath,
    and the great are no more than a delusion.
When they are placed on scales all together,
    they are lighter than air.^[d]
11 Do not place your trust in extortion,
    and set no vain hopes in stolen goods;
no matter how greatly your wealth increases,
    do not set your heart^[e] on it.
¹² One thing God has revealed;
    two things have I heard:
that power belongs to you, O God,

¹⁴ Cursed be the day
    on which I was born!
May the day when my mother bore me
    be forever unblessed.
¹⁵ Cursed be the man
    who brought the news to my father.
“A child, a son, has been born to you,”
    thereby bringing great joy to his heart.
¹⁶ Let that man be like the cities
    that the Lord overthrew without mercy.
Let him hear the cry of warning in the morning
    and shouts of battle at noon
¹⁷ because he did not kill me in the womb.
Then my mother would have been my grave,
    with her womb confining me forever.
¹⁸ Why did I come forth from the womb
    to see toil and sorrow
    and spend my days in shame?

Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will be brought down to the netherworld.^[b]