Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression.
For the music director; [a]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
62 (A)My soul waits in silence for God alone;
From Him (B)comes my salvation.
2 He alone is my (C)rock and my salvation,
My (D)stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken.
3 How long will you attack a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a (E)leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4 They have planned only to thrust him down from his high position;
They (F)delight in falsehood;
They (G)bless with [b]their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah
5 My soul, (H)wait in silence for God alone,
For my hope is from Him.
6 He alone is (I)my rock and my salvation,
My refuge; I will not be shaken.
7 My (J)salvation and my glory rest on God;
The rock of my strength, my (K)refuge is in God.
8 (L)Trust in Him at all times, you people;
(M)Pour out your hearts before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel;
There they stand!
Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?
10 When it is My (A)desire, I will [a](B)discipline them;
And (C)the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double guilt.
11 Ephraim is a trained (D)heifer that loves to thresh,
[b]And I (E)passed over her lovely neck;
I will harness Ephraim,
Judah will plow, Jacob will [c]harrow for himself.
12 (F)Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness;
Harvest in accordance with [d]kindness.
(G)Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to (H)seek the Lord
Until He (I)comes and (J)rains righteousness on you.
13 You have (K)plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice,
You have eaten the fruit of (L)lies.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your (M)many warriors,
14 An uproar will arise among your people,
And all your (N)fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When (O)mothers were [e]slaughtered with their children.
15 So it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.
Misuse of Riches
5 (A)Come now, (B)you rich people, (C)weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 (D)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will [a]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is (E)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4 Behold, (F)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (G)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (H)the Lord [b]of armies. 5 You have [c](I)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have [d]fattened your hearts in (J)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and [e](K)put to death (L)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.
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