Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

105 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

² Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

⁴ Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

⁵ That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

⁷ Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

⁸ And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

⁹ And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

³⁷ And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

³⁸ And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

³⁹ And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

⁴⁰ And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

⁴² And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

⁴³ Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

⁴⁴ And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

⁴⁵ And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

1 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Josue the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to him:

² Moses my servant is dead: arise, and pass over this Jordan, thou and thy people with thee, into the land which I will give to the children of Israel.

³ I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I have said to Moses.

⁴ From the desert and from Libanus unto the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hethites unto the great sea toward the going; down of the sun, shall be your border.

⁵ No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁶ Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.

⁷ Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

⁸ Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.

⁹ Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.

¹⁰ And Josue commanded the princes of the people, saying: Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, and say:

¹¹ Prepare you victuals: for after the third day you shall pass over the Jordan and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you.

3 For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:

² And we sent Timothy, our brother, and the minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith:

³ That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.

⁴ For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.

⁵ For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made vain.