Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.
A Psalm of David. A [a]Maskil.
32 (A)How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
2 How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord (B)does not take into account,
And in whose spirit there is (C)no deceit!
3 When (D)I kept silent about my sin, (E)my [b]body wasted away
Through my [c](F)groaning all day long.
4 For day and night (G)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My [d](H)vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah
5 I (I)acknowledged my sin to You,
And I (J)did not hide my guilt;
I said, “(K)I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”;
And You (L)forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [e](M)in a time when You may be found;
Certainly (N)in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.
7 You are (O)my hiding place; You (P)keep me from trouble;
You surround me with [f](Q)songs of deliverance. Selah
8 I will (R)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will advise you (S)with My eye upon you.
9 Do not be (T)like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
10 The (U)sorrows of the wicked are many,
But (V)the one who trusts in the Lord, goodness will surround him.
11 Be (W)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are (X)upright in heart.
14 (A)On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, so that they [a]revered him, just as they had [b]revered Moses all the days of his life.
15 Now the Lord said to [c]Joshua, 16 “Command the priests who carry (B)the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were [d]lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before.
19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the (C)tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho. 20 As for [e](D)those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up (E)at Gilgal. 21 And he said to the sons of [f]Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on (F)dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the [g]Red Sea, (G)which He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24 so that (H)all the peoples of the earth may know that the (I)hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may [h](J)fear the Lord your God [i]forever.”
6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that (A)while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— 7 for (B)we walk by faith, not by [a]sight— 8 but we are of good courage and (C)prefer rather to be absent from the body and (D)to be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be (E)pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before (F)the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for [b]his deeds done through the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.
11 Therefore, knowing the (G)fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also (H)well known in your consciences. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you (I)again, but are giving you an (J)opportunity to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we have (K)lost our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ (L)controls us, having concluded this, that (M)one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer (N)live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf.
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