Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 119
Delight in God’s Word
א Aleph
1 How[a] happy are those whose way is blameless,(A)
who walk according to the Lord’s instruction!(B)
2 Happy are those who keep his decrees(C)
and seek him with all their heart.(D)
3 They do nothing wrong;(E)
they walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded that your precepts(F)
be diligently kept.
5 If only my ways were committed
to keeping your statutes!(G)
6 Then I would not be ashamed(H)
when I think about all your commands.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart(I)
when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your statutes;
never abandon me.(J)
32 “You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old.(A) Fear your God; I am the Lord.
33 “When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress(B) him. 34 You will regard the alien who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,(C) for you were aliens in the land of Egypt;(D) I am the Lord your God.
35 “Do not be unfair(E) in measurements of length, weight, or volume. 36 You are to have honest balances,(F) honest weights, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure;[b](G) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”
The Righteousness of God through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed,(A) attested by the Law and the Prophets.[a](B) 22 The righteousness of God is through faith(C) in Jesus Christ[b](D) to all who believe,(E) since there is no distinction.(F) 23 For all have sinned(G) and fall short of the[c] glory of God; 24 they are justified freely by his grace(H) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.(I) 25 God presented him as the mercy seat[d](J) by his blood,(K) through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God(L) passed over the sins previously committed.(M) 26 God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 Where, then, is boasting?(N) It is excluded. By what kind of law?[e](O) By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[f] of faith. 28 For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(P) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only?(Q) Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is one God(R) who will justify the circumcised by faith(S) and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not!(T) On the contrary, we uphold the law.(U)
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