Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 The (A)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;
Your faithfulness also (B)in the assembly of the (C)holy ones.
6 For (D)who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?
Who among the [a](E)sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,
7 A God (F)greatly dreaded in the council of the (G)holy ones,
And [b](H)fearsome above all those who are around Him?
8 O Yahweh God of hosts, (I)who is like You, O mighty Yah?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You (J)still them.
10 You Yourself crushed [c](K)Rahab like one who is slain;
You (L)scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.
11 The (M)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The (N)world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The (O)north and the south, You have created them;
(P)Tabor and (Q)Hermon (R)sing with joy at Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is strong, Your (S)right hand is exalted.
14 (T)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
(U)Lovingkindness and [d]truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the (V)loud shout of joy!
O Yahweh, they walk in the (W)light of Your face.
16 In (X)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the beauty of (Y)their strength,
And by Your favor [e]our (Z)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AA)shield belongs to Yahweh,
[f]And our king to the (AB)Holy One of Israel.
19 Formerly You spoke in vision to Your [g]holy [h]ones,
And said, “I have bestowed help to a (AC)mighty one;
I have exalted one (AD)chosen from the people.
20 I have (AE)found David My [i]servant;
With My holy (AF)oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom (AG)My hand will be established;
My arm also will (AH)strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not [j]deceive him,
Nor the [k](AI)son of unrighteousness afflict him.
23 But I shall (AJ)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 My (AK)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his (AL)horn will be exalted.
25 I shall also set his hand (AM)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are (AN)my Father,
My God, and the (AO)rock of my salvation.’
27 I also shall make him My (AP)firstborn,
The (AQ)highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My (AR)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My (AS)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 So I will set up his (AT)seed to endure forever
And his (AU)throne (AV)as the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons (AW)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they profane My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the (AX)rod
And their iniquity with striking.
33 But I will not break off (AY)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My (AZ)covenant I will not profane,
Nor will I (BA)alter what comes forth from My lips.
35 [l]Once I have (BB)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His (BC)seed shall endure forever
And his (BD)throne (BE)as the sun before Me.
37 It shall be established forever (BF)like the moon,
And the (BG)witness in the sky is faithful.” [m]Selah.
Jacob Goes Up to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and [a]live there, and make an altar there to (B)God, who appeared to you (C)when you fled [b]from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (D)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (E)the foreign gods which are among you and (F)cleanse yourselves and change your garments; 3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make (G)an altar there to God, (H)who answered me in the day of my distress and (I)has been with me [c]wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [d]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [e]oak which was near Shechem.
5 Then they journeyed on, and there was [f](J)a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to (K)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 7 (L)And he built an altar there and called the place [g]El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled [h]from his brother. 8 Then (M)Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named [i]Allon-bacuth.
Jacob Is Renamed Israel
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He (N)blessed him. 10 (O)And God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
Your name shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called his name Israel. 11 God also said to him,
“I am [j](P)God Almighty;
(Q)Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and an (R)assembly of nations shall [k]come from you,
And (S)kings shall [l]come forth from your loins.
12 (T)And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your seed after you.”
13 Then (U)God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob set up (V)a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, [m](W)Bethel.
44 While Peter was still speaking these things, (A)the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the word. 45 (B)And all the [a]circumcised believers who came with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been (C)poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they were hearing them (D)speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, 47 “(E)Can anyone refuse water for these to be baptized who (F)have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?” 48 And he (G)ordered them to be baptized (H)in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for a few days.
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