Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David. [a]When he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, (A)You are my God; I shall seek You [b]earnestly;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh [c]yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and weary land without water.
2 Thus I have (D)beheld You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your (E)lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will laud You.
4 Thus I will bless You (F)as long as I live;
I will (G)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is (H)satisfied as with fatness and richness,
And my mouth offers (I)praises with lips of joyful songs.
6 When I remember You (J)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the (K)night watches,
7 For (L)You have been my help,
And in the (M)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings [d]to You;
Your (O)right hand upholds me.
9 But those who (P)seek my [e]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [f](Q)depths of the earth.
10 [g]They will be (R)delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a (S)portion for foxes.
11 But the (T)king will be glad in God;
Everyone who (U)swears by Him will boast,
For the (V)mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.
7 Yahweh has (A)sworn by the (B)lofty pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will (C)never forget any of their works.
8 Because of this will not the land (D)tremble
And everyone who inhabits it (E)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will (F)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
9 And it will be in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh,
“That I will make the (G)sun go down at noon
And (H)make the earth dark in [a]broad daylight.
10 Then I will (I)overturn your feasts into mourning
And all your songs into [b]lamentation;
And I will bring up (J)sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it (K)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
11 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Lord Yahweh,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather (L)for hearing the words of Yahweh.
12 People will wander from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to (M)seek the word of Yahweh,
But they will not find it.
13 In that day the beautiful (N)virgins
And the choice men will (O)faint from thirst.
14 As for those who swear by the [c](P)guilt of Samaria,
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O (Q)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of (R)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and (S)not rise again.”
20 (A)Brothers, (B)do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil (C)be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 21 In (D)the Law it is written, “(E)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the [a]Lord. 22 So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but (F)prophecy is for a sign not to unbelievers but to those who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and [b]uninformed men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that (G)you are out of your mind? 24 But if all (H)prophesy, and an unbeliever or an [c]uninformed man enters, he is (I)convicted by all, he is called to account by all; 25 (J)the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will (K)fall on his face and worship God, declaring that (L)surely God is among you.
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