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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
Version
Psalm 57

Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.

For the choir director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, [c]when he fled from Saul in the cave.

57 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul (A)takes refuge in You;
And in the (B)shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction (C)passes by.
I will cry to God Most High,
To God who (D)accomplishes all things for me.
He will (E)send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches him who [d](F)tramples upon me. [e]Selah.
God will send forth His (G)lovingkindness and His [f]truth.

My soul is among (H)lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose (I)teeth are spears and arrows
And their (J)tongue a sharp sword.
(K)Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
They have [g]prepared a (L)net for my steps;
My soul is (M)bowed down;
They (N)dug a pit before me;
They themselves have (O)fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

(P)My (Q)heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!
Awake, (R)my glory!
Awake, (S)harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
(T)I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the [h]nations.
10 For Your (U)lovingkindness is great to the heavens
And Your [i]truth to the clouds.
11 (V)Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

1 Samuel 25:23-35

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David (A)and bowed herself to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me [a]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak [b]to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant. 25 Please do not let my lord [c]pay attention to this [d]worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [e]Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

26 “Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from [f]shedding blood, and (B)from [g]avenging yourself by your own hand, now then (C)let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. 27 Now let (D)this [h]gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who [i]accompany my lord. 28 Please forgive (E)the transgression of your maidservant; for (F)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is (G)fighting the battles of the Lord, and (H)evil will not be found in you all your days. 29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [j]life, then the [k]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [l]lives of your enemies (I)He will sling out [m]as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and (J)appoints you ruler over Israel, 31 this will not [n]cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having [o]avenged himself. (K)When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

32 Then David said to Abigail, “(L)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, 33 and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, (M)who have kept me this day from [p]bloodshed and from [q]avenging myself by my own hand. 34 Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, (N)who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had come quickly to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one [r]male.” 35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, “(O)Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to [s]you and [t](P)granted your request.”

James 5:7-12

Exhortation

Therefore be patient, (A)brethren, (B)until the coming of the Lord. (C)The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until [a]it gets (D)the early and late rains. (E)You too be patient; (F)strengthen your hearts, for (G)the coming of the Lord is (H)near. (I)Do not [b]complain, (J)brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, (K)the Judge is standing [c](L)right at the [d]door. 10 As an example, (M)brethren, of suffering and patience, take (N)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 We count those (O)blessed who endured. You have heard of (P)the [e]endurance of Job and have seen (Q)the [f]outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that (R)the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12 But above all, (S)my brethren, (T)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but [g]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

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