Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

93 The LORD reigns and is clothed with majesty. The LORD is clothed and girded with power. Also, the world shall be established, so that it cannot be moved.

² Your throne is established of old. You are from everlasting.

³ The floods have lifted up, O LORD. The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

⁴ The waves of the sea are marvelous through the noise of many waters. The LORD on High is more mighty.

⁵ Your testimonies are very sure. Holiness becomes Your House, O LORD, forever.

²² “These words the LORD spoke with a great Voice to all your multitude on the Mount—out of the midst of the fire, the cloud and the darkness—and added no more. And He wrote them upon two Tablets of stone and delivered them to me.

²³ “And when you heard the Voice out of the midst of the darkness (for the mountain burned with fire), then you came to me, all the chiefs of your tribes, and your elders,

²⁴ “and you said, ‘Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His Glory and His greatness. And we have heard His Voice out of the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.

²⁵ ‘Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us if we hear the Voice of the LORD our God anymore. We shall die.

²⁶ ‘For what flesh was there ever that heard the Voice of the living God, speaking out of the midst of the fire as we have, and lived?

²⁷ ‘You go near and hear all that the LORD our God says and declare to us all that the LORD our God says to you. And we will hear it and do it.’

²⁸ “Then the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me. And the LORD said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken.

²⁹ ‘Oh that there were such a heart in them to fear Me, and to keep all My Commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever.

³⁰ ‘Go. Say to them, “Return into your tents.”

³¹ ‘But you stand here with Me. And I will tell you all the Commandments and the Ordinances and the Laws which you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.

³² ‘Be careful, therefore, to do as the LORD your God has Commanded you. Do not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

³³ ‘Walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has Commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.’”

⁸ Finally, all of you be of one mind; compassionate, loving as brothers, merciful, friendly,

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, nor rebuke for rebuke. On the contrary, bless. Know that you are called to this so that you could be heirs of blessing.

¹⁰ For “if anyone longs after life (and to see good days), let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

¹¹ “Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

¹² “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears towards their prayers. And the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”