Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
A Prayer of Blessing
For the music director, with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.[a]
67 May God be gracious to us and bless us.
May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah
2 that your way may be known on the earth,
your salvation among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all of the peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
because you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations on the earth. Selah
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
6 The earth has yielded its produce.
God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Prayer for Mercy
15 Look from heaven,
and see from the lofty residence of your holiness and glory.
Where are your zeal and strength?
Your compassion[a] and mercy to me hold themselves back.
16 For you are our father, although Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, Yahweh are our father,
Our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 Why do you make us wander, Yahweh?
You harden our heart from your ways so that we do not fear[b] you.
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your inheritance.
18 Your holy people[c] took possession for a little while;
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We have been since antiquity; you did not rule them;
they were not called by your name.[d]
19 But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and when they[a] had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him[b] outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after[c] the disciples surrounded him, he got up and[d] went into the city. And on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe.
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria
21 And after they[e] had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them[f] to continue in the faith and saying,[g] “Through many persecutions[h] it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God.” 23 And when they[i] had appointed elders for them in every church, after[j] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed. 24 And they passed through Pisidia and[k] came to Pamphylia. 25 And after[l] they proclaimed the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia, 26 and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed. 27 And when they[m] arrived and called the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.[n] 28 And they stayed no little time with the disciples.
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