Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
124 If the LORD had not been on our side, (may Israel now say)
2 If the LORD had not been on our side when men rose up against us,
3 they would have swallowed us up quickly when their wrath was kindled against us.
4 Then, the waters had drowned us; the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then, the swelling waters had gone over our soul.
6 Praise the LORD, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth!
7 Our soul has escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken and we are delivered.
8 Our help is in the Name of the LORD, Who has made Heaven and Earth. A song of degrees
54 “Rejoice, O barren who did not bear! Break forth into joy and rejoice, you who did not labor with child! For the desolate has more children than the married wife,” says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tents. And let them spread out the curtains of your habitations. Do not spare. Stretch out your cords and strengthen your stakes.
3 “For you shall increase on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall possess the Gentiles and dwell in the desolate cities.
4 “Do not fear. For you shall not be ashamed. Nor shall you be confounded. For you shall not be put to shame. Indeed, you shall forget the shame of your youth and shalt not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 “For He Who made you is your husband (Whose Name is the LORD of Hosts). And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of the whole world.
6 “For the LORD has called you, being like a woman forsaken and afflicted in spirit, and like a young wife when you were refused,” says your God.
7 “For a little while I have forsaken you. But with great compassion I will gather you.
8 “For a moment, in anger, I hid My Face from you for a little season. But with everlasting mercy, I have had compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer.
9 “For this is to Me as the waters of Noah. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should go over the Earth no more, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 “For the mountains shall depart. And the hills shall fall down. But My mercy shall not depart from you. Nor shall the Covenant of My Peace fall away,” says the LORD, Who has compassion on you.
23 “Then, if anyone shall say to you, ‘Lo, here (or there) is Christ’, do not believe it.
24 “For there shall arise false christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders. So that if it were possible, they would deceive the very Elect.
25 “Behold, I have told you before.
26 “Therefore, if they shall say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the desert’, do not go. ‘Behold, He is in the secret places’, do not believe it.
27 “For as the lightning comes out of the east, and is seen in the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
28 “For wherever a dead carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 “And immediately after the tribulations of those days, the Sun shall be darkened. And the Moon shall not give her light. And the stars shall fall from Heaven. And the powers of Heaven shall be shaken.
30 “And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in Heaven. And then all the tribes of the Earth shall mourn. And they shall see the Son of Man come in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory.
31 And He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet. And they shall gather together His Elect from the four winds - from the one end of the heavens to the other.
32 “Now learn the parable of the fig tree. When her bough is still tender, and it puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
33 “So likewise, when you see all these things, know that the Kingdom of God is near, even at the doors.
34 “Truly I say to you that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done.
35 “Heaven and Earth shall pass away. But My words shall not pass away.
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