Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The Lord, a Provider and the One Who Rescues Me.
A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before [a]Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.
34 I will (A)bless the Lord at all times;
His (B)praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul will (C)make its boast in the Lord;
The (D)humble will hear it and rejoice.
3 (E)Exalt the Lord with me,
And let’s (F)exalt His name together.
4 I (G)sought the Lord and He answered me,
And (H)rescued me from all my fears.
5 They (I)looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will (J)never be ashamed.
6 This wretched man cried out, and (K)the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The (L)angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
8 (M)Taste and see that the Lord is good;
How (N)blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
9 Fear the Lord, you (O)His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is (P)no lack of anything.
10 The young lions do without and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord will (Q)not lack any good thing.
11 (R)Come, you children, listen to me;
(S)I will teach you (T)the fear of the Lord.
12 (U)Who is the person who desires life
And loves length of days, that he may (V)see good?
13 Keep (W)your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking (X)deceit.
14 (Y)Turn from evil and do good;
Seek peace and (Z)pursue it.
15 The (AA)eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears are toward their cry for help.
16 The (AB)face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To (AC)eliminate the memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous (AD)cry out, and the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord (AE)is near to the (AF)brokenhearted
And saves those who are [b](AG)crushed in spirit.
19 (AH)The (AI)afflictions of the righteous are many,
But the Lord (AJ)rescues him from them all.
20 He protects all his bones,
(AK)Not one of them is broken.
21 (AL)Evil will bring death to the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt.
22 The Lord (AM)redeems the souls of His servants,
And none of those who (AN)take refuge in Him will suffer for their guilt.
5 The Lord [a]God of armies,
The One who (A)touches the land so that it quakes,
And (B)all those who live in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
6 The One who builds His (C)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And (E)pours them out on the face of the earth,
(F)The Lord is His name.
7 “Are you not as the sons of (G)Ethiopia to Me,
You sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the (H)Philistines from Caphtor and the (I)Arameans from (J)Kir?
8 Behold, the (K)eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will (L)eliminate it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will (M)not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.
9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will (N)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10 All the (O)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘(P)The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’
The Restoration of Israel
11 “On that day I will (Q)raise up the fallen [b](R)shelter of David,
And wall up its (S)gaps;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the (T)days of old;
12 (U)So that they may [c]possess the remnant of (V)Edom
And all the [d]nations who are (W)called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the (X)plowman will overtake the reaper,
And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed;
When the (Y)mountains will drip grape juice,
And all the hills will come apart.
14 I will also (Z)restore the fortunes of My people Israel,
And they will (AA)rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also (AB)plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will also plant them on their land,
And (AC)they will not be uprooted again from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: (A)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I (B)press on toward the goal for the prize of the (C)upward call of God in (D)Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore, all who are [a](E)mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a (F)different attitude, (G)God will reveal that to you as well; 16 however, let’s keep [b](H)living by that same standard to which we have attained.
17 Brothers and sisters, (I)join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the (J)pattern you have in us. 18 For (K)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I (L)weep, that they are the enemies of (M)the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their [c](N)appetite, and whose (O)glory is in their shame, who (P)have their minds on earthly things. 20 For (Q)our [d]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly (R)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will (S)transform the body of our lowly condition into (T)conformity with [e]His (U)glorious body, (V)by the exertion of the power that He has even to (W)subject all things to Himself.
Think of Excellence
4 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, [f]whom I (X)long to see, my joy and crown, (Y)stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
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