Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

² The Lord sends out from Zion
    your mighty scepter.
    Rule in the midst of your foes.^(B)
3 Your people will offer themselves willingly
    on the day you lead your forces
    on the holy mountains.^[a]
From the womb of the morning,
    like dew, your youth^[b] will come to you.^(C)
4 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
    “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”^[c](D)

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
    he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.^(E)
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
    filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
    over the wide earth.^(F)
7 He will drink from the stream by the path;
    therefore he will lift up his head.^(G)

22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.^(A)
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.
³ The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is riches and honor and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
    the cautious will keep far from them.^(B)
6 Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.^(C)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.^(D)
8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.^(E)
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.^(F)