Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
89 1 With many words doth the Prophet praise the goodness of God, 23 For his testament and covenant, that he had made between him and his elect by Jesus Christ the son of David. 38 Then doth he complain of the great ruin, and desolation of the kingdom of David, so that to the outward appearance the promise was broken. 46 Finally, he prayeth to be delivered from his afflictions, making mention of the shortness of man’s life, and confirming himself by God’s promise.
A Psalm to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will [a]sing the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth will I declare thy truth from generation to generation.
2 For I [b]said, Mercy shall be set up forever: thy truth shalt thou [c]stablish in the very heavens.
3 [d]I have made a covenant with my chosen: I have sworn to David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I stablish forever, and set up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
15 Blessed is the people that can [a]rejoice in thee: they shall walk in the light of thy [b]countenance, O Lord.
16 They shall rejoice continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousness shall they exalt themselves.
17 For thou art the [c]glory of their strength, and by thy favor our horns shall be exalted.
18 For our [d]shield appertaineth to the Lord, and our King to the Holy one of Israel.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take to me all the [a]families of the North, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel my [b]servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations [c]round about, and will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and an hissing, and a continual desolation.
10 (A)Moreover I will [d]take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the noise of the [e]millstones, and the light of the candle.
11 And this whole land shall be desolate, and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babel seventy years.
12 And when the [f]seventy years are accomplished, I will visit [g]the king of Babel and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquities, even the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it a perpetual desolation.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all nations.
14 For many nations, and great kings shall even [h]serve themselves of them: thus will I recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
7 [a]Ye did run well: who did let you, that ye did not obey the truth?
8 [b]It is not the persuasion of [c]him that calleth you.
9 (A)[d]A little leaven doth leaven the whole lump.
10 [e]I have trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you, shall bear his condemnation, whosoever he be.
11 [f]And brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slander of the cross abolished.
12 [g]Would to God they were even cut off which do [h]disquiet you.
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