Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good
Of David. When he feigned madness before [a]Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.
Aleph
Beth
Gimel
Daleth
He / Vav
Zayin
Heth
7 The (L)angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
Teth
Yodh
Kaph
10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who inquire of Yahweh shall (Q)not be in want of any good thing.
Lamedh
Mem
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
15 The (AA)eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry for help.
Pe
Tsadhe
17 The righteous (AD)cry, and Yahweh hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
Qoph
Resh
Shin
20 He keeps all his bones,
(AK)Not one of them is broken.
Tav
5 Now Lord Yahweh of hosts,
The One who (A)touches the land so that it melts,
And (B)all those who inhabit it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
6 The One who builds His [a](C)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth;
The One who (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And (E)pours them out on the face of the earth;
(F)Yahweh is His name.
7 “Are you not as the sons of (G)Ethiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the (H)Philistines from Caphtor and the (I)Arameans from (J)Kir?
8 Behold, the (K)eyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will (L)destroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will (M)not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares Yahweh.
9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will (N)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a [b]kernel will fall to the ground.
10 All the (O)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘(P)The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel
11 “In that day I will (Q)raise up the fallen [c](R)booth of David
And wall up its (S)breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the (T)ancient days,
12 (U)That they may possess the remnant of (V)Edom
And all the [d]nations who are (W)called by My name,”
Declares Yahweh who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When the (X)plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the (Y)mountains will drip [e]sweet (Z)wine
And all the hills will melt.
14 Also I will (AA)restore the [f]captivity of My people Israel,
And they will (AB)rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also (AC)plant vineyards and drink their wine
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will also plant them on their land,
And (AD)they will not again be uprooted from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says Yahweh your God.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: (A)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I (B)press on toward the goal for the prize of the (C)upward call of God in (D)Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are [a](E)perfect, think this way; and if in anything you (F)think differently, (G)God will reveal that also to you. 16 However, let us keep [b](H)walking in step with the same standard to which we have attained.
17 Brothers, (I)join in following my example, and (J)look for those who walk according to the (K)pattern you have in us. 18 For (L)many walk—of whom I often told you, and now tell you even (M)crying—as enemies of (N)the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their (O)stomach and (P)glory is in their shame, who (Q)set their thoughts on earthly things. 20 For (R)our [c]citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly (S)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will (T)transform [d]the body of our humble state into (U)conformity with [e]the (V)body of His glory, (W)by His working through which He is able to even (X)subject all things to Himself.
Rejoice in the Lord Always
4 Therefore my brothers, loved and (Y)longed for, my joy and crown, in this way (Z)stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
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