Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

111 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

³ Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

⁴ To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

⁵ Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

⁶ Because he shall not be moved for ever.

⁷ The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not hear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:

⁸ His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

⁹ He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

¹⁰ The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

²³ And I besought the Lord at that time, saying:

²⁴ Lord God, thou hast begun to shew unto thy servant thy greatness, and most mighty hand, for there is no other God either in heaven or earth, that is able to do thy works, or to be compared to thy strength.

²⁵ I will pass over therefore, and will see this excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this goodly mountain, and Libanus.

²⁶ And the Lord was angry with me on your account and heard me not, but said to me: It is enough: speak no more to me of this matter.

²⁷ Go up to the top of Phasga, and cast thy eyes round about to the west, and to the north, and to the south, and to the east, and behold it, for thou shalt not pass this Jordan.

²⁸ Command Josue, and encourage and strengthen him: for he shall go before this people, and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see.

²⁹ And we abode in the valley over against the temple of Phogor.

⁶ Not as though the word of God hath miscarried. For all are not Israelites that are of Israel:

⁷ Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

⁸ That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; but they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.

⁹ For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.

¹⁰ And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.

¹¹ For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,)

¹² Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

¹³ As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.

¹⁴ What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.

¹⁵ For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

¹⁷ For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

¹⁸ Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.