Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 Let (A)the heavens praise your (B)wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of (C)the holy ones!
6 For (D)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
(E)Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the Lord,
7 a God greatly (F)to be feared in the council of (G)the holy ones,
and awesome above all (H)who are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
(I)who is mighty as you are, O (J)Lord,
with your faithfulness all round you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you (K)still them.
10 You (L)crushed (M)Rahab like a carcass;
you (N)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 (O)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
(P)the world and all that is in it, you have (Q)founded them.
12 (R)The north and the south, you have created them;
(S)Tabor and (T)Hermon (U)joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 (V)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
(W)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are the people who know (X)the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in (Y)the light of your face,
16 who exult in your (Z)name all the day
and in your righteousness are (AA)exalted.
17 For you are (AB)the glory of their strength;
by your favour our (AC)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AD)shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to (AE)the Holy One of Israel.
19 (AF)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[b] and said:
“I have (AG)granted help to one who is (AH)mighty;
I have exalted one (AI)chosen from the people.
20 (AJ)I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have (AK)anointed him,
21 so that my (AL)hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
(AM)the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will (AN)crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My (AO)faithfulness and my (AP)steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his (AQ)horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on (AR)the sea
and his right hand on (AS)the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my (AT)Father,
my God, and (AU)the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the (AV)firstborn,
(AW)the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever,
and my (AX)covenant will stand firm[c] for him.
29 I will establish his (AY)offspring for ever
and his (AZ)throne as (BA)the days of the heavens.
30 (BB)If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,[d]
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with (BC)the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my (BD)covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn (BE)by my holiness;
I will not (BF)lie to David.
36 His (BG)offspring shall endure for ever,
(BH)his (BI)throne as long as (BJ)the sun before me.
37 Like (BK)the moon it shall be established for ever,
(BL)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
God Blesses and Renames Jacob
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (C)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (D)the foreign gods that are among you and (E)purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (F)who answers me in the day of my distress and (G)has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (H)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to (I)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[a] because (J)there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And (K)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[b]
9 God appeared[c] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (L)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (M)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (N)“I am God Almighty:[d] be (O)fruitful and multiply. (P)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[e] 12 (Q)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (R)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (S)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (T)Bethel.
The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles
44 While Peter was still saying these things, (A)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And the believers from among (B)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because (C)the gift of the Holy Spirit (D)was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they were hearing them (E)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47 (F)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit (G)just as we have?” 48 And he (H)commanded them (I)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
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