Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

67 God be merciful to us and bless us. Cause His face to shine among us (Selah),

² so that they may know Your way upon Earth and Your saving health among all nations.

³ Let the people praise You, O God. Let all the people praise You.

⁴ Let the people be glad and rejoice; for You shall judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon the Earth. Selah.

⁵ Let the people praise You, O God. Let all the people praise You.

⁶ Then shall the Earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our God, shall bless us.

⁷ God shall bless us, and all the ends of the Earth shall fear Him. To him who excels: A psalm or song of David

¹⁵ Look down from Heaven, and behold from the dwelling place of Your holiness, and of Your Glory. Where is Your zeal and Your strength, the multitude of Your mercies, and of Your compassion? They are restrained from me.

¹⁶ Doubtless, You are our Father. Though Abraham is ignorant of us and Israel does not know us, You, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer. Your Name is forever.

¹⁷ O LORD, why have You made us err from Your ways, hardened our heart from Your fear? Return for Your servant’s sake, for the tribes of Your inheritance.

¹⁸ The people of Your holiness have possessed it only a little while. For our adversaries have trampled down Your Sanctuary.

¹⁹ We have been as they over whom You never bore rule and upon whom Your name was not called.

¹⁹ Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium who - when they had persuaded the people - stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing he was dead.

²⁰ But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and came into the city. And the next day he left for Derbe with Barnabas.

²¹ And after they had preached the glad tidings of the Gospel to that city (and had taught many) they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

²² confirming the disciples’ hearts and exhorting them to continue in the faith that we must enter into the Kingdom of God through many afflictions.

²³ And when they had prayed and fasted and ordained them as elders by election in every church, they commended them to the Lord in Whom they believed.

²⁴ Thus they went throughout Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

²⁵ And when they had preached the Word in Perga, they came down to Attalia,

²⁶ And from there sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

²⁷ And when they had come and gathered the church together, they recounted all the things which God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

²⁸ So they stayed there with the disciples a long time.