Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation
Of David.
27 Yahweh is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
Yahweh is the [a](C)strong defense of my life;
(D)Whom shall I dread?
2 When evildoers came upon me to (E)devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they (F)stumbled and fell.
3 Though a (G)host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In this I (H)trust.
4 (I)One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:
That I may (J)dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
To behold (K)the [b]beauty of Yahweh
And to (L)inquire in His temple.
5 For in the (M)day of calamity He will (N)conceal me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will (O)hide me;
He will (P)lift me up on a rock.
6 And now (Q)my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent (R)sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;
I will (S)sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.
7 (T)Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,
And be gracious to me and (U)answer me.
8 On Your behalf my heart says, “(V)Seek My face,”
“Your face, O Yahweh, (W)I shall seek.”
9 (X)Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your slave away in (Y)anger;
You have been (Z)my help;
(AA)Do not abandon me and do not (AB)forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
10 [c]For my father and (AC)my mother have forsaken me,
But (AD)Yahweh will take me up.
11 (AE)Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,
And lead me in a (AF)level path
Because of [d]my foes.
12 Do not give me over to the [e](AG)desire of my adversaries,
For (AH)false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as (AI)breathe out violence.
13 [f]I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the (AJ)goodness of Yahweh
In the (AK)land of the living.
14 (AL)Hope in Yahweh;
Be (AM)strong and let your heart take courage;
Hope in Yahweh.
7 The (A)way of the righteous is upright;
O Upright One, (B)make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of (C)Your judgments, O Yahweh,
We have hoped for You eagerly;
(D)Your name—the (E)memory of You—is the desire of our souls.
9 (F)At night [a]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, [b]my spirit within me (G)seeks You earnestly;
For when the earth [c]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (H)learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked is shown favor,
He does not (I)learn righteousness;
He (J)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of Yahweh.
11 O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they (K)do not behold it.
[d]They behold (L)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [e](M)fire will devour Your adversaries.
12 Yahweh, You will establish (N)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 O Yahweh our God, (O)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we (P)bring Your name to remembrance.
14 (Q)The dead will not live; the [f]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have (R)visited and destroyed them,
And You have made all remembrance of them perish.
15 (S)You have increased the nation, O Yahweh;
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have (T)extended all the borders of the land.
About Three Thousand Souls Saved
37 Now when they heard this, they were [a]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men, brothers, (A)what should we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “(B)Repent, and each of you be (C)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ [b]for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For (D)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are (E)far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly (F)bore witness and kept on exhorting them, saying, “[c]Be saved from this (G)crooked generation!” 41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand (H)souls. 42 And they were (I)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to (J)the breaking of bread and (K)to the prayers.
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