Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

106 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!

² Who can express the noble acts of the LORD, or proclaim all His praise?

³ Blessed are those who guard justice and do righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favor of Your people. Visit me with Your salvation,

⁵ so that I may see the good things of Your chosen and rejoice in the joy of Your people, and glory with Your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our Fathers. We have committed iniquity and done wickedly.

⁷ Our Fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt, nor did they remember the multitude of Your mercies; but they rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless, He saved them for His Name’s sake, so that He might make His power known.

⁹ And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the deep, as through the wilderness.

¹⁰ And He saved them from the adversary’s hand and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And the waters covered their oppressors. Not one of them was left.

¹² Then they believed His words and sang praise to Him.

¹² “Up Deborah! Up! Arise! Sing a song! Arise Barak, and lead your captives away, you son of Abinoam!

¹³ “For those who remain have dominion over the mighty of the people. The LORD has given me dominion over the strong.

¹⁴ “From Ephraim, their root arose against Amalek. After you, Benjamin, against your people, from Machir, came rulers, and from Zebulun, those who handle the pen of the writer.

¹⁵ “And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Issachar and also Barak. He was set on his feet in the valley. For among the divisions of Reuben were great thoughts of heart.

¹⁶ “Why did you abide among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For among the divisions of Reuben were great thoughts of heart.

¹⁷ “Gilead abode beyond Jordan. And why does Dan remain in ships? Asher sat on the seashore and waited in his decayed places.

¹⁸ “The people of Zebulun and Naphtali have jeopardized their lives until death in the high places of the field.

¹⁹ “The kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo. They received no monetary gain.

²⁰ “They fought from the sky. The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

²¹ “The River Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have marched valiantly!

¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life (and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God).

¹⁴ And this is that assurance that we have in Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have the petitions that we have desired from Him.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sin a sin that does not lead to death, let him ask, and He shall give him life for those whose sin does not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death. I do not say that you should pray for that.

¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin. But there is sin that does not lead to death.

¹⁸ We know that whoever is born of God does not sin. But the one who is begotten of God guards himself. And the wicked one does not touch him.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and this whole world lies in wickedness.

²⁰ But we know that the Son of God has come and has given us a mind to know Him Who is true. And we are in Him Who is true; in His Son Jesus Christ. The same is that very God and that Eternal Life.

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.