Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

76 God is known in Judah. His Name is great in Israel.

² For in Salem is His Tabernacle; and His dwelling is in Zion.

³ There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

⁴ You are brighter and more excellent than the mountains of prey.

⁵ The stout-hearted are spoiled. They have slept their sleep, and all the men of strength have not found their hands.

⁶ At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast dead asleep.

⁷ You. You are to be feared. And who shall stand in Your sight when You are angry!

⁸ You caused judgment to be heard from Heaven. The Earth feared, and was still,

⁹ when You, O God, rose to judgment to help all the meek of the Earth. Selah.

¹⁰ Surely, the rage of man shall turn to Your praise; the remnant of the rage You shall restrain.

¹¹ Vow and perform to the LORD your God, all you who surround Him; let them bring presents to Him Who ought to be feared.

¹² He shall cut off the spirit of princes; he is feared by the kings of the Earth. For the excellent musician, Jeduthun: A Psalm committed to Asaph

29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:

² “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.

³ “Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I come against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great dragon who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, ‘The river is mine and I have made it for myself.’

⁴ “But I will put hooks in your jaws; and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers; and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales.

⁵ “And I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You shall fall upon the open field. You shall neither be brought together nor gathered. I have given you as food to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the sky.

⁶ “And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been but a staff of reed to the House of Israel.

⁷ “When they took hold of you with their hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. And when they leaned upon you, you broke and made all their loins stand upright.”

⁸ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and destroy man and beast out of you.

⁹ “And the land of Egypt shall be desolate, and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD, because he has said, ‘The river is mine,’ and ‘I have made it.’

¹⁰ “Behold, therefore, I come upon you, and upon your rivers. And I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene to the borders of the black Moors.

¹¹ “Neither foot of man nor foot of beast shall pass by it, nor shall it be inhabited for forty years.

¹² “And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate. And her cities shall be desolate among the cities that are desolate for forty years. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”

¹⁵ And the seventh angel blew the trumpet. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of the world are our Lord’s, and his Christ’s! And He shall reign for evermore!”

¹⁶ Then the 24 elders who sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshipped God.

¹⁷ Saying, “We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty; Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come! For You have received Your great might and have obtained Your Kingdom!

¹⁸ “And the Gentiles were angry. And Your wrath came, and the time of the dead; so that they would be judged, and that You would give reward to Your servants, the Prophets, and to Your saints, and to those who fear Your Name - both small and great - and to destroy those who destroy the Earth.”

¹⁹ Then the Temple of God was opened in Heaven. And there was seen in the temple the Ark of His Covenant. And there were lightnings and voices and thunderings and an earthquake, and much hail.