Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Thanksgiving for Forgiveness of Sins
Of David. A maskil.[a]
32 Happy is he whose transgression is taken away,
whose sin is covered.
2 Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity
and in whose spirit there is not deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones were worn out
due to my groaning all the day.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.
My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah
5 I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover.
I said, “I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh,”
and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah
6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
at the time for finding you.
Surely at the flood of many waters they will not reach him.
7 You are my hiding place;
from trouble you preserve me.
With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah
8 I[b] will instruct you and teach you
in the way that you should go.
I will advise you with my eye upon you.
9 Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding;
that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint
or he would not come near you.
10 Many are the pains of the wicked,
but for the one who trusts Yahweh
loyal love surrounds him.
11 Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright of heart.
30 “Therefore[a] look, I am against the prophets,” declares[b] Yahweh, “who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Look, I am against the prophets,” declares[c] Yahweh, “who take their tongues[d] and declare as prophets, ‘Yahweh declares.’[e] 32 Look, I am against those who prophesy dreams of lies,”[f] declares[g] Yahweh, “and tell them, and they caused my people to err through their lies, and in their recklessness, when I myself have not sent them nor commanded them, so they profit not this people at all,” declares[h] Yahweh.
33 “Now when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask you, saying,[i] ‘What is the burden[j] of Yahweh?’ then you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden,[k] and I will forsake you,’” declares[l] Yahweh. 34 “And the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden[m] of Yahweh,’ I will punish that man and his house. 35 Thus you shall say, each one to his neighbor and each one to his brother: ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ or, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’ 36 But you shall not mention the burden[n] of Yahweh, for the burden[o] is to each one his word, and so you twist the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God. 37 Thus you shall say to that prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?’ or, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?’ 38 But if you say, ‘The burden[p] of Yahweh,’ therefore[q] thus says Yahweh, ‘because of your saying these words,[r] “The burden[s] of Yahweh,” then I will send to you, saying,[t] “You shall not say, ‘The burden[u] of Yahweh.’”’ 39 Therefore[v] look, here I am, and I will surely lift you up and forsake you and the city that I gave to you and to your ancestors[w] from my presence[x], 40 and I will bring upon you an everlasting disgrace[y] and an everlasting shame[z] that will not be forgotten.”
How to Recognize the Spirit of God
4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ[a] has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore[b] they speak from the world and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
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