Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Make Your Face Shine upon Us
To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
67 May God (B)be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to (C)shine upon us, Selah
2 that (D)your way may be known on earth,
your (E)saving power among all nations.
3 (F)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you (G)judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
5 (H)Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
6 The earth has (I)yielded its increase;
God, our God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us;
let (J)all the ends of the earth fear him!
20 (A)“Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
(B)They have no knowledge
who (C)carry about their wooden idols,
(D)and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
21 (E)Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God (F)and a Saviour;
there is none besides me.
22 “Turn to me and be saved,
(G)all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (H)By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in (I)righteousness
a word that shall not return:
(J)‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[a]
24 (K)“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and (L)strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
(M)all who were incensed against him.
25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall glory.”
The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
15 Then (A)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, (B)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw (C)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (D)who had conquered the beast and its image and (E)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (F)with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing (G)the song of Moses, (H)the servant[a] of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
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