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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
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Psalm 145:1-8

The Greatness and the Goodness of God

A Song of Praise. Of David.

145 I will extol thee, my God and King,
    and bless thy name for ever and ever.
Every day I will bless thee,
    and praise thy name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
    and his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall laud thy works to another,
    and shall declare thy mighty acts.
On the glorious splendor of thy majesty,
    and on thy wondrous works, I will meditate.
Men shall proclaim the might of thy terrible acts,
    and I will declare thy greatness.
They shall pour forth the fame of thy abundant goodness,
    and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Nahum 2:3-13

The shield of his mighty men is red,
    his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots flash like flame[a]
    when mustered in array;
    the chargers[b] prance.
The chariots rage in the streets,
    they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches,
    they dart like lightning.
The officers are summoned,
    they stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall,
    the mantelet is set up.
The river gates are opened,
    the palace is in dismay;
its mistress[c] is stripped, she is carried off,
    her maidens lamenting,
moaning like doves,
    and beating their breasts.
Nin′eveh is like a pool
    whose waters[d] run away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
    but none turns back.
Plunder the silver,
    plunder the gold!
There is no end of treasure,
    or wealth of every precious thing.

10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
    Hearts faint and knees tremble,
anguish is on all loins,
    all faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions’ den,
    the cave[e] of the young lions,
where the lion brought his prey,
    where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
12 The lion tore enough for his whelps
    and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
    and his dens with torn flesh.

13 Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your[f] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.

2 Corinthians 13:5-10

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed. But we pray God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. 10 I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

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