Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
I Love the Lord
116 I (A)love the Lord, because he has (B)heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he (C)inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 (D)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then (E)I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
12 What shall I (A)render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up (B)the cup of salvation
and (C)call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will (D)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 (E)Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his (F)saints.
16 O Lord, I am your (G)servant;
I am your servant, (H)the son of your maidservant.
You have (I)loosed my bonds.
17 I will (J)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and (K)call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will (L)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in (M)the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
(N)Praise the Lord!
You Keep Him in Perfect Peace
26 In that day (A)this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
he sets up (B)salvation
as walls and bulwarks.
2 (C)Open the gates,
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
3 (D)You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord for ever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Called to Be Holy
13 Therefore, (A)preparing your minds for action,[a] and (B)being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, (C)do not be conformed to the passions (D)of your former ignorance, 15 but (E)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy (F)in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, (G)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
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