1 Praise the Lord!Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and for evermore.3 From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised.4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,6 who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?7 He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,8 to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.Praise the Lord!
Luke 4:16-21
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:18 ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’20And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.21Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’