Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

89 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

² For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

³ I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

⁴ `Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

¹⁵ O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

¹⁶ In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

¹⁷ For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

¹⁸ For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

25 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, -- it [is] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, --

² Which Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken concerning all the people of Judah, even unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

³ `From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day -- this three and twentieth year -- hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened;

⁴ And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:

⁵ `Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age,

⁶ And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

⁷ And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

² lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

³ and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

⁴ ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

⁵ for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

⁶ for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.