Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the Overcomer upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above the heavens.

² Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.

³ ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

⁴ what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him?

⁵ For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty.

⁶ Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷ all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

⁸ The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

⁹ O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth!

¹³ ¶ Blessed is the man that has found wisdom and who brings to light intelligence,

¹⁴ for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the fruits thereof more than fine gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than precious stones, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and honour.

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those that lay hold upon her, and blessed is every one that retains her.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

¹⁸ illuminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe, by the operation of the power of his strength,