Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 130
Awaiting Redemption
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!(A)
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.(B)
3 Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?(C)
4 But with You there is forgiveness,
so that You may be revered.(D)
8 “You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches(A) and bear your fruit for My people Israel, since their arrival is near. 9 Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you,(B) and you will be tilled and sown. 10 I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety.(C) The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will fill you with people and animals,(D) and they will increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.(E) 12 I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you,(F) and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.
13 “This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of children,’(G) 14 therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children.”[a] This is the declaration of the Lord God. 15 “I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore;(H) you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.”[b] This is the declaration of the Lord God.
44 Then He told them, “These are My words(A) that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,(B) and the Psalms(C) must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds(D) to understand(E) the Scriptures. 46 He also said to them, “This is what is written:[a] The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,(F) 47 and repentance for[b] forgiveness of sins(G) would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations,(H) beginning at Jerusalem.(I) 48 You are witnesses(J) of these things. 49 And look, I am sending you[c] what My Father promised.(K) As for you, stay in the city[d] until you are empowered[e](L) from on high.”
The Ascension of Jesus
50 Then He led them out as far as Bethany,(M) and lifting up His hands(N) He blessed them. 51 And while He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.(O) 52 After worshiping Him,(P) they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.(Q) 53 And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.[f](R)
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