Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 76
God, the Powerful Judge
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph.(A) A song.
1 God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.(B)
2 His tent is in Salem,[a]
His dwelling place in Zion.(C)
3 There He shatters the bow’s flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.(D)
4 You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.(E)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.(F)
6 At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.(G)
7 And You—You are to be feared.[b]
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?(H)
8 From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet(I)
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.(J)
10 Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.[c](K)
Pharaoh’s Power Broken
20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm(A) of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged—no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Look! I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.(B) 24 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword(C) in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man. 25 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall. They will know that I am Yahweh when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he wields it against the land of Egypt. 26 When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Jesus the Victor
25 “I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask(A) in My name.(B) I am not telling you that I will make requests to the Father on your behalf. 27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved(C) Me and have believed that I came from God.[a](D) 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”(E)
29 “Ah!” His disciples said. “Now You’re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language. 30 Now we know that You know everything(F) and don’t need anyone to question You. By this we believe that You came from God.”(G)
31 Jesus responded to them, “Do you now believe? 32 Look: An hour is coming, and has come,(H) when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.(I) 33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
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