Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
BOOK 4
From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God
A Prayer of [a]Moses, the man of God.
90 Lord, You have been our [b](A)dwelling place from generation to generation.
2 Before (B)the mountains were born
[c]Or You (C)brought forth the earth and the world,
Even (D)from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You (E)turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O sons of men.”
4 For (F)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like (G)yesterday when it passes by,
[d]Or as a (H)watch in the night.
5 You (I)have [e]swept them away like a flood, they [f](J)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like (K)grass which [g]sprouts anew.
6 In the morning it (L)blossoms and [h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it (M)withers away and (N)dries up.
7 For we have been (O)consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been [i]dismayed.
8 You have (P)set our iniquities before You,
Our (Q)secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For (R)all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a [j]sigh.
10 As for the days of our [k]life, [l]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to might, (S)eighty years,
Yet their pride is but (T)labor and wickedness;
For soon it is gone and we (U)fly away.
11 Who knows the (V)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the (W)fear [m]that is due You?
12 [n]So (X)teach us to number our days,
That we may [o](Y)present to You a heart of wisdom.
13 (Z)Return, O Yahweh; (AA)how long will it be?
And [p]be (AB)sorry for Your slaves.
14 O (AC)satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may (AD)sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 (AE)Make us glad [q]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the (AF)years we have seen [r]evil.
16 Let Your (AG)work appear to Your slaves
And Your (AH)majesty [s]to their sons.
17 Let the (AI)favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And (AJ)establish for us the work of our hands;
Establish the work of our hands.
24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts,
The (A)Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be comforted concerning My adversaries,
And I will (B)avenge Myself on My enemies.
25 I will also turn My hand against you,
And will (C)smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.
26 Then I will have your (D)judges return as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
Afterwards you will be called the (E)city of righteousness,
A faithful town.”
27 Zion will be (F)redeemed with justice
And her [a]repentant ones with righteousness.
28 But [b]transgressors and sinners will be (G)broken together,
And those who forsake Yahweh will come to an end.
29 For [c]you will be ashamed of the [d](H)oaks which you have desired,
And you will be humiliated because of the (I)gardens which you have chosen.
30 For you will be like [e]an oak whose (J)leaf withers away
Or as a garden that has no water.
31 And the strong man will become tinder,
His work also a spark.
Thus they shall both (K)burn together,
And there will be (L)none to quench them.
The Sign of Jonah
29 Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “(A)This generation is a wicked generation; it (B)seeks [a]a sign, and yet no [b]sign will be given to it but the [c]sign of Jonah. 30 For just as (C)Jonah became [d]a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The (D)Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because (E)they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
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