Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
121 1 This Psalm teacheth that the faithful ought only to look for help at God, 7 who only doth maintain, preserve and prosper his Church.
A song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes [a]unto the mountains, from whence my help shall come.
2 Mine help cometh from the Lord, which hath made the [b]heaven and the earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to slip: for he that keepeth thee, will not [c]slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel, will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shadow at thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not [d]smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall keep thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy [e]going out, and thy coming in from henceforth and forever.
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that taketh away iniquity, and [a]passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He retaineth not his wrath forever, because mercy pleaseth him.
19 He will turn again, and have compassion upon us: he will subdue our iniquities, and cast all [b]their sins into the bottom of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform thy [c]truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as thou hast sworn unto our fathers in old time.
21 [a]But now is the righteousness of God made manifest without the Law, having witness of the Law, and of the Prophets,
22 [b]To wit, the righteousness of God by the faith of [c]Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all that believe.
23 For there is no difference: for all have sinned, and are deprived of the [d]glory of God,
24 [e]And are justified [f]freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 [g]Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his [h]blood to declare his righteousness, by the forgiveness of the sins that [i]are passed,
26 Through the [j]patience of God, to show at [k]this time his righteousness, that he might be [l]just, and a [m]justifier of him which is of the [n]faith of Jesus.
27 [o]Where is then the rejoicing? It is excluded. By what [p]Law? of works? Nay: but by the Law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the works of the Law.
29 [q]God, is he the God of the [r]Jews only, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.
30 For it is one God, who shall justify [s]circumcision of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 [t]Do we then make the Law of [u]none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we [v]establish the Law.
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