Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
141 Lord, I call upon You; (A)hurry to me!
(B)Listen to my voice when I call to You!
2 May my prayer be [a]counted as (C)incense before You;
The (D)raising of my hands as the (E)evening offering.
3 Set a (F)guard, Lord, [b]over my mouth;
Keep watch over the (G)door of my lips.
4 (H)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds [c]of wickedness
With people who (I)do wrong;
And (J)may I not taste their delicacies.
5 May the (K)righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;
It is (L)oil for the head;
My head shall not refuse it,
For my prayer (M)is still against their evil deeds.
6 Their judges are (N)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one (O)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our (P)bones have been scattered at the (Q)mouth of [d]Sheol.
21 “And I will place My (A)glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. 22 And the house of Israel will (B)know that I am the Lord their God, from that day onward. 23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their (C)wrongdoing, because they were disloyal to Me, and I (D)hid My face from them; so I handed them over to their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword. 24 (E)In accordance with their uncleanness and their offenses I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”
Israel Restored
25 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Now I will (F)restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on all the (G)house of Israel; and I will be (H)jealous for My holy name. 26 They will [a](I)forget their disgrace and all their [b]treachery which they perpetrated against Me, when they (J)live securely on their own land with (K)no one to make them afraid. 27 When I (L)bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall (M)show Myself holy [c]through them in the sight of the many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then I gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. 29 I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have (N)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.
Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod
40 In the (O)twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the (P)city was [d]taken, on this very day the (Q)hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there. 2 In the (R)visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very (S)high mountain, and on it (T)to the south there was something like a (U)structure of a city. 3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of (V)bronze, with a (W)thread of flax and a (X)measuring [e]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, “(Y)Son of man, (Z)see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and [f]pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. (AA)Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”
23 (A)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things [a](B)build people up. 24 No one is to (C)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his [b]neighbor. 25 (D)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; 26 (E)for the earth is the Lord’s, and [c]all it contains. 27 If (F)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, (G)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. 28 But (H)if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; 29 Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for (I)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, (J)why am I slandered about that for which I (K)give thanks?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or (L)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 (M)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or (N)the church of God; 33 just as I also (O)please everyone in all things, (P)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, (Q)so that they may be saved.
Christian Order
11 (R)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
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