Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
24 Lord, how (A)many are Your works!
[a]In (B)wisdom You have made them all;
The (C)earth is full of Your [b]possessions.
25 [c]There is the (D)sea, great and [d]broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The (E)ships move along there,
And [e](F)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
27 They all (G)wait for You
To (H)give them their food in [f]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (I)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (J)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You (K)take away their breath, they perish
And (L)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [g](M)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 May the (N)glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord (O)rejoice in His works;
32 [h]He (P)looks at the earth, and it (Q)trembles;
He (R)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [i]I will sing to the Lord [j](S)as long as I live;
[k]I will (T)sing praise to my God [l]while I have my being.
34 May my (U)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (V)rejoice in the Lord.
7 “And I will make My (A)holy name known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not allow My holy name to be (B)profaned anymore. But the (C)nations will know that I am the Lord, the (D)Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord God. “That is the day of which I have spoken.
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.
Our Victory in Christ
26 Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for (A)we do not know what to pray for as we should, but (B)the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with [a]groanings too deep for words; 27 and (C)He who searches the hearts knows what (D)the mind of the Spirit is, because He (E)intercedes for the [b]saints according to the will of God.
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