Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful;

² but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law doth he meditate day and night.

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

⁴ The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹⁸ There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, “I have done no wickedness.”

²¹ For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

²² for a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled with meat,

²³ for an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

²⁴ There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

²⁵ the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat 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 they go forth, all of them in ranks;

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

²⁹ There are three things which go well, yea, four which are comely in their goings:

³⁰ a lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

³¹ a greyhound, a hegoat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

³² If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

³³ Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the stirring of wrath bringeth forth strife.

²⁵ For I, brethren, would not have you be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits: that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁶ And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: “There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

²⁷ For this is My covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.”

²⁸ Concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

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

³⁰ For as in times past ye have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief,

³¹ even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

³² For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all.