Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
I Trust in the Lovingkindness of God
For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of David. [b]When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you (A)boast in evil, O mighty man?
The (B)lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
2 Your tongue devises (C)destruction,
Like a (D)sharp razor, (E)O worker of deceit.
3 You (F)love evil more than good,
(G)Falsehood more than speaking what is right. [c]Selah.
4 You love all words that devour,
O (H)deceitful tongue.
5 [d]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and (I)tear you away from your tent,
And (J)uproot you from the (K)land of the living, Selah.
6 So that the righteous will (L)see and fear,
And will (M)laugh at him, saying,
7 “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,
But (N)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And (O)was strong in his destruction.”
11 “Then say to the household of the (A)king of Judah, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, 12 O (B)house of David, thus says Yahweh:
“(C)Render justice [a]every (D)morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [b]power of his oppressor,
(E)Lest My wrath go forth like fire
And (F)burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.
13 “Behold, (G)I am against you, O (H)inhabitant of the valley,
O [c]rocky plain,” declares Yahweh,
“You men who say, ‘(I)Who will come down against us?
Or who will enter into our dwelling places?’
14 But I will punish you (J)according to the [d]results of your deeds,” declares Yahweh,
“And I will (K)kindle a fire in its forest
That it may devour all its surroundings.”’”
22 And I saw (A)no sanctuary in it, for the (B)Lord God the Almighty and the (C)Lamb are its sanctuary. 23 And the city (D)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for (E)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the (F)Lamb. 24 (G)And the nations will walk by its light, and the (H)kings of the earth [a]will bring their glory into it. 25 (I)And its gates (J)will never be closed by day, for (K)there will be no night there; 26 and (L)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 And (M)nothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [b]whose names are (N)written in the Lamb’s book of life.
The River and the Tree of Life
22 Then (O)he showed me a (P)river of the (Q)water of life, bright (R)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [c]the Lamb, 2 in the middle of (S)its street. (T)On either side of the river was (U)the tree of life, bearing twelve [d]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 (V)And there will no longer be any curse; and (W)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will (X)serve Him; 4 and they will (Y)see His face, and His (Z)name will be on their (AA)foreheads. 5 And (AB)there will no longer be any night, and they [e]will not have need (AC)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will (AD)reign forever and ever.
Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.