Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 145[a]
A psalm of praise; by David.
145 I will extol you, my God, O King.
I will praise your name continually.[b]
2 Every day I will praise you.
I will praise your name continually.[c]
3 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise.
No one can fathom his greatness.[d]
4 One generation will praise your deeds to another,
and tell about your mighty acts.[e]
5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,
and your amazing deeds.[f]
6 They will proclaim[g] the power of your awesome acts.
I will declare your great deeds.
7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness,[h]
and sing about your justice.[i]
8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate;
he is patient[j] and demonstrates great loyal love.[k]
9 The Lord is good to all,
and has compassion on all he has made.[l]
10 All your works will give thanks to you, Lord.
Your loyal followers will praise you.
11 They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom;
they will tell about your power,
12 so that mankind[m] might acknowledge your mighty acts,
and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom,[n]
and your dominion endures through all generations.
14 [o] The Lord supports all who fall,
and lifts up all who are bent over.[p]
15 Everything looks to you in anticipation,[q]
and you provide them with food on a regular basis.[r]
16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food it desires.[s]
17 The Lord is just in all his actions,[t]
and exhibits love in all he does.[u]
18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,
all who cry out to him sincerely.[v]
19 He satisfies the desire[w] of his loyal followers;[x]
he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
20 The Lord protects all those who love him,
but he destroys all the wicked.
21 My mouth will praise the Lord.[y]
Let all who live[z] praise his holy name forever.
9 You have stolen my heart,[a] my sister,[b] my bride!
You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,[c]
with one jewel of your necklace.
10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine;
the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride,
honey and milk are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
The Wedding Night: The Delightful Garden
The Lover to His Beloved:
12 You are a locked garden,[d] my sister, my bride;
you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
13 Your shoots are a royal garden[e] full of pomegranates
with choice fruits:
henna with nard,
14 nard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice,
myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.[f]
15 You are a garden spring,[g]
a well[h] of fresh water[i] flowing down from Lebanon.
The Beloved to Her Lover:
16 Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind!
Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell.[j]
May my beloved come into his garden
and eat its delightful fruit!
The Lover to His Beloved:
5 I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk!
The Poet to the Couple:[k]
Eat, friends, and drink![l]
Drink freely, O lovers!
The Superiority of the New
33 Then[a] they said to him, “John’s[b] disciples frequently fast[c] and pray,[d] and so do the disciples of the Pharisees,[e] but yours continue to eat and drink.”[f] 34 So[g] Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests[h] fast while the bridegroom[i] is with them, can you?[j] 35 But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them,[k] at that time[l] they will fast.” 36 He also told them a parable:[m] “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews[n] it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn[o] the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.[p] 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.[q] If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.[r] 39 [s] No[t] one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”[u]
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