Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

² But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law he meditates day and night.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

⁴ ¶ The ungodly are not so but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹⁸ ¶ There are three things which are hidden from me, yea, four which I know not:

¹⁹ The track of the eagle in the air; the track of the serpent upon the rock; the track of the ship in the midst of the sea; and the track of the man in the maid.

²⁰ Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.

²¹ For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:

²² For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;

²³ for a rejected woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²⁴ ¶ There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are wiser than the wise men:

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

²⁶ the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

²⁷ the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;

²⁸ the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹ ¶ There are three things which have a magnificent walk; yea, the fourth is stately in going:

³⁰ The lion which is strongest among beasts and does not turn away for any;

³¹ the greyhound who is girded up of loins; a he goat also, and the king, against whom no one rises up.

³² If thou hast fallen, it is because thou hast lifted thyself up; and if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

³³ Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

²⁵ For I would not, brethren, that ye ignore this mystery, that ye not be arrogant regarding yourselves: that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles are come in.

²⁶ And even if all Israel were saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall take away the ungodliness from Jacob;

²⁷ and this shall be my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸ So that, as concerning the gospel, I have them for enemies for your sakes; but as touching the election of God, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

²⁹ For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰ For as ye in time past have not obeyed God, yet have now obtained mercy through the occasion of their disobedience,

³¹ likewise these also have not believed now that through the mercy shown unto you they also may obtain mercy.

³² For God enclosed everyone in disobedience, that he might have mercy upon everyone.