Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 121
The Lord Our Protector
A song of ascents.
1 I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?(A)
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.(B)
3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.(C)
4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.(D)
18 Who is a God like You,(A)
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion(B)
for the remnant of His inheritance?(C)
He does not hold on to His anger forever,(D)
because He delights in faithful love.(E)
19 He will again have compassion on us;
He will vanquish our iniquities.(F)
You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.(G)
20 You will show loyalty to Jacob(H)
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers(I)
from days long ago.
God’s Righteousness through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed(A)—attested by the Law and the Prophets[a](B) 22 —that is, God’s righteousness through faith(C) in Jesus Christ,[b](D) to all who believe,(E) since there is no distinction.(F) 23 For all have sinned(G) and fall short of the[c] glory of God. 24 They are justified freely by His grace(H) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.(I) 25 God presented Him as a propitiation[d](J) through faith in His blood,(K) to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God(L) passed over the sins previously committed.(M) 26 God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous[e] the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 Where then is boasting?(N) It is excluded. By what kind of law?[f](O) By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[g] of faith. 28 For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(P) 29 Or is God for Jews only?(Q) Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too, 30 since there is one God(R) who will justify the circumcised by faith(S) and the uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not!(T) On the contrary, we uphold the law.(U)
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