Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

65 O God, praise waits for You in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.

² O, You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come!

³ Wicked deeds have prevailed against me. But You will be merciful to our transgressions.

⁴ Blessed is he whom You choose and cause to come. He shall dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Your House, and of Your Holy Temple.

⁵ O God of our salvation, You will answer us with fearful signs in Your righteousness. You are the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of those who are far off in the sea.

⁶ He establishes the mountains by His power, being clothed with strength.

⁷ He appeases the noise of the seas, and the noise of the waves thereof, and the tumults of the people.

⁸ Also, those who dwell in the uttermost parts shall be afraid of Your signs. You shall make the outgoings of the morning and the evening rejoice.

⁹ You visit the Earth and water it. You make it very rich. The river of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have appointed it.

¹⁰ You water the furrows thereof abundantly. You cause the rain to descend into the valleys thereof. You make it soft with showers and bless the bud thereof.

¹¹ You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your steps drop fatness.

¹² They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the hills shall be surrounded with gladness.

¹³ The pastures are clad with sheep. The valleys, also, shall be covered with grain. They shout for joy and sing. To him who excels: A song or psalm

⁶ “You have seen and heard all this, and will you not declare it? I have shown you new things, even now, and hidden things which you did not know.

⁷ “They are created now, and not from the beginning. And even before this, you did not hear them, lest you should say, ‘See, I knew them.’

⁸ “Yet, you did not hear them or know them, nor was your ear even opened long ago. For I knew that you would grievously transgress. Therefore I have called you a transgressor from the womb.

⁹ “For My Name’s sake, will I defer My wrath. And for My praise, I will restrain it from you, so that I do not cut you off.

¹⁰ “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

¹¹ “For My own sake, for My own sake I will do it. For how can My Name be polluted? Surely I will not give My Glory to another.

¹⁴ And concerning you, my brothers, I myself am also persuaded that you too are full of goodness, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, brothers, I have written to you somewhat more boldly (as one who reminds you through the grace given me by God),

¹⁶ that I might be the minister of Jesus Christ toward the Gentiles (ministering the Gospel of God) that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ Therefore, I have reason to rejoice in God through Christ Jesus.

¹⁸ For I do not dare speak of anything which Christ has not worked through me to make the Gentiles obedient, in word and deed -

¹⁹ with the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God - so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ.

²⁰ Thus, I earnestly strive to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named (lest I should build on another’s foundation),

²¹ but as it is written, “To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see Him. And those who did not hear, shall understand.”