Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 67
All Will Praise God
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us;
may he make his face shine upon us(A)Selah
2 so that your way may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.(B)
Israel’s Prayer
15 Look down from heaven and see(A)
from your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is your zeal and your might?
Your yearning[a] and your compassion
are withheld from me.
16 Yet you are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father;
your name is Our Redeemer(B)
from Ancient Times.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear[b] you.(C)
Return, because of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
18 Your holy people had a possession[c]
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
your sanctuary.(D)
19 We have become like those you never ruled,
like those who did not bear your name.(E)
19 Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.(A) 20 After the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.(B)
Church Planting
21 After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,(C) 22 strengthening the[a] disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith(D) and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships(E) to enter the kingdom of God.” 23 When they had appointed elders(F) for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
24 They passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25 After they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. 26 From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.(G) 27 After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them(H) and that he had opened the door(I) of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.
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