Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the (A)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
2 Lord, (B)hear my voice!
Let (C)Your ears be attentive
To the (D)sound of my pleadings.
3 If You, [a]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could (E)stand?
4 But there is (F)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be [b](G)revered.
5 I wait for the Lord, my (H)soul waits,
And I [c]wait (I)for His word.
6 My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen (J)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
7 Israel, (K)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is (L)mercy,
And with Him is (M)abundant redemption.
8 And He will (N)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.
8 But as for you, mountains of Israel, you will [a](A)grow your branches and bear fruit for My people Israel; for they are about to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will (B)turn to you, and you will be (C)cultivated and sown. 10 And I will multiply people on you, (D)all the house of Israel, all of it; and the (E)cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. 11 I will multiply on you people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will populate you as you were (F)previously, and treat you (G)better than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 Yes, I will have (H)people—My people Israel—walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their (I)inheritance and never again (J)bereave them of children.’
13 “The Lord God says this: ‘Since they say to you, “You are a (K)devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,” 14 for that reason you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares the Lord God. 15 I will not let you hear (L)insults from the nations anymore, nor will you suffer (M)disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you make your nation (N)stumble any longer,” declares the Lord God.’”
44 Now He said to them, “(A)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the (B)Law of Moses and the Prophets and (C)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He (D)opened their [a]minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “(E)So it is written, that the [b]Christ would suffer and (F)rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that (G)repentance [c]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed [d]in His name to (H)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are (I)witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, (J)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but (K)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension
50 And He led them out as far as (L)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple [e]praising God.
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