Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Celebration of God’s Justice
For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David.
9 I will thank the Lord with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous works.(A)
2 I will rejoice and boast about you;(B)
I will sing about your name, Most High.(C)
3 When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before you.(D)
4 For you have upheld my just cause;(E)
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.(F)
5 You have rebuked the nations:(G)
You have destroyed the wicked;(H)
you have erased their name for ever and ever.(I)
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
you have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.(J)
7 But the Lord sits enthroned for ever;(K)
he has established his throne for judgement.(L)
8 And he judges the world with righteousness;
he executes judgement on the nations with fairness.(M)
9 The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,
a refuge in times of trouble.(N)
10 Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, Lord.(O)
Third Vision: Surveyor
2 I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, ‘Where are you going? ’
He answered me, ‘To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.’
3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him. 4 He said to him, ‘Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.’(A) 5 The declaration of the Lord: ‘I myself will be a wall(B) of fire round it, and I will be the glory within it.’
Sixth Vision: Flying Scroll
5 I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.(A) 2 ‘What do you see? ’ he asked me.
‘I see a flying scroll,’ I replied, ‘nine metres[a] long and four and a half metres[b] wide.’(B)
3 Then he said to me, ‘This is the curse(C) that is going out over the whole land, for everyone who is a thief, contrary to what is written on one side, has gone unpunished,[c] and everyone who swears falsely, contrary to what is written on the other side, has gone unpunished. 4 I will send it out,’(D) – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – ‘and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.’(E)
Exhortations and Blessings
12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition(A) to those who labour among you and lead you[a] in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace(B) among yourselves. 14 And we exhort you, brothers and sisters:(C) warn those who are idle,[b] comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient(D) with everyone. 15 See to it that no one repays evil for evil(E) to anyone,(F) but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.(G) 16 Rejoice(H) always, 17 pray constantly, 18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will(I) for you in Christ Jesus.
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