Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?
A Psalm of David.
15 O Yahweh, who may [a]sojourn (A)in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your (B)holy mountain?
2 He who (C)walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,
And (D)speaks truth in his heart.
3 He (E)does not slander [b]with his tongue,
Nor (F)does evil to his neighbor,
Nor (G)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 In [c]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But [d]who (H)honors those who fear Yahweh;
He (I)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He (J)does not put out his money [e]at interest,
Nor (K)does he take a bribe against the innocent.
(L)He who does these things will never be shaken.
15 (A)Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain. And the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand, (B)tablets which were written on both [a]sides; they were written on one side and the other. 16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. 17 Then Joshua heard the sound of the people [b]as they shouted. And he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.” 18 But he said,
“It is not the sound of the cry of triumph,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But the sound of singing I hear.”
19 Now it happened, as soon as [c]Moses came near the camp, that (C)he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and (D)he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [d]at the foot of the mountain. 20 (E)Then he took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.
21 Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?” 22 And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, (F)that they are [e]prone to evil. 23 Indeed (G)they said to me, ‘Make [f]gods for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 And I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.’ So they gave it to me, and (H)I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
25 Now Moses saw that the people were [g]out of control—for Aaron had (I)let them [h]get out of control to be a derision among [i]their enemies— 26 so Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Whoever is for Yahweh, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Every man among you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his [j]neighbor.’” 28 So (J)the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Then Moses said, “[k]Be ordained today to Yahweh—for every man has been against his son and against his brother—in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.”
30 Now it happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, “(K)You yourselves have [l]committed a great sin; but now I am going up to Yahweh, perhaps I can (L)make atonement for your sin.” 31 Then Moses returned to Yahweh and said, “Alas, this people has [m]committed a great sin, and they have made [n](M)gods of gold for themselves. 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out from Your (N)book which You have written!” 33 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, (O)I will blot him out of My book. 34 But now go, guide the people (P)where I told you. Behold, (Q)My angel shall go before you; nevertheless (R)in the day when I [o]punish, (S)I will [p]punish them for their sin.” 35 (T)Then Yahweh smote the people because of (U)what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
9 (A)But the [a]brother of humble circumstances is to boast in his high position; 10 and the rich man is to boast in his humiliation, because (B)like [b]flowering grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with [c](C)a scorching heat and (D)withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
12 (E)Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has [d]been approved, he will receive (F)the crown of life which the Lord (G)has promised to those who (H)love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “(I)I am being tempted [e]by God”; for God cannot be tempted [f]by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then (J)when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when (K)sin is fully matured, it brings forth death. 16 (L)Do not be [g]deceived, (M)my beloved brothers.
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