Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

25 Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul;

² O my God, I trust in Thee. Let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.

³ Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed; let them be ashamed that transgress without cause.

⁴ Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths.

⁵ Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.

⁶ Remember, O Lord, Thy tender mercies and Thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember Thou me, for Thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He teach sinners in the way.

⁹ The meek will He guide in judgment, and the meek will He teach His way.

¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto them that keep His covenant and His testimonies.

32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

² Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³ When I kept silent, my bones waxed old through my groaning all the day long.

⁴ For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; the sap of my soul was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

⁵ I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, “I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,” and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶ For this shall every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; surely the floods of great waters shall not come nigh unto him.

⁷ Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸ “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with Mine eye.

⁹ Be ye not as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they not come near unto thee.”

¹⁰ Many shall be the sorrows of the wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

¹¹ Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart!

² And behold, they brought to Him a man sick with the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the one sick with the palsy, “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.”

³ And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, “This man blasphemeth.”

⁴ And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why think ye evil in your hearts?

⁵ For which is easier: to say, ‘Thy sins be forgiven thee,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?

⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins,”— (then said He to the one sick with palsy) “Arise, take up thy bed and go unto thine house.”

⁷ And he arose and departed to his house.

⁸ But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

⁹ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, He saw a man named Matthew, sitting in the customhouse. And He said unto him, “Follow Me.” And he arose and followed Him.

¹⁰ And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto His disciples, “Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?”

¹² But when Jesus heard that, He said unto them, “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

¹³ But go ye and learn what this meaneth: ‘I will have mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”