Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
87 1 The holy Ghost promiseth, that the condition of the Church which was in misery after the captivity of Babylon, should be restored to great excellency. 4 So that there should be nothing more comfortable, than to be numbered among the members thereof.
A Psalm or song committed to the sons of Korah.
1 God laid his [a]foundations among the holy mountains.
2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion above all the habitations of Jacob.
3 [b]Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of [c]Rahab and Babel among them that know me: behold Palestine and Tyre with Ethiopia, [d]There is he born.
5 And of Zion it shall be said, [e]Many are born in her: and he, even the most High shall stablish her.
6 The Lord shall count, when he [f]writeth the people, He was born there. Selah.
7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall praise thee: all my [g]springs are in thee.
8 I will bring forth the blind people, and they shall have eyes, and the deaf, and they shall have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered [a]together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their [b]witnesses, that they may be justified: but let them [c]hear, and say, It is truth.
10 You [d]are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my [e]servant, whom I have chosen: therefore ye shall know and believe me, and ye shall understand that I am: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, even I am the Lord, and beside me there is no Savior.
12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliver out of mine hand: I will do it, and who shall let it?
13 [a]For in that I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I [b]magnify mine office,
14 To try if by any means I might provoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving be, [c]but life from the dead?
16 [d]For if the [e]firstfruits be holy, so is the whole lump: and if the [f]root be holy, so are the branches.
17 (A)[g]And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild Olive tree, wast grafted in [h]for them, and made [i]partaker of the root and fatness of the Olive tree:
18 [j]Boast not thyself against the branches: and if thou boast thyself, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well: through unbelief they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: be not high-minded, but [k]fear.
21 For if God spared not the [l]natural branches, take heed, lest he also spare not thee.
22 [m]Behold therefore the [n]bountifulness, and severity of God: toward them which have fallen, severity: but toward thee, bountifulness, if thou continue in his [o]bountifulness: or else thou shalt also be cut off.
23 [p]And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the Olive tree, which was wild by [q]nature, and was grafted contrary to nature in a [r]right Olive tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, be grafted in their own Olive tree?
25 [s]For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (lest ye should be arrogant in [t]yourselves) that partly obstinacy is come to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be [u]come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, (B)The deliverer shall come out of Zion, and shall turn away the ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this is my covenant to them, (C)When I shall take away their sins.
28 [v]As concerning the [w]Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the [x]election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 [y]For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
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