Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 For God alone, O (A)my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him.
6 (B)He only is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God rests my (C)salvation and my glory;
my mighty rock, (D)my refuge is God.
8 (E)Trust in him at all times, O people;
(F)pour out your heart before him;
God is (G)a refuge for us. Selah
9 (H)Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate (I)are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
(J)they are together lighter than a breath.
10 Put no trust in extortion;
(K)set no vain hopes on robbery;
(L)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
11 (M)Once God has spoken;
(N)twice have I heard this:
that (O)power belongs to God,
12 and that to you, O Lord, (P)belongs steadfast love.
For you will (Q)render to a man
according to his work.
7 O Lord, (A)you have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
(B)you are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
(C)I have become a laughing-stock all the day;
everyone mocks me.
8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, (D)“Violence and destruction!”
For (E)the word of the Lord has become for me
(F)a reproach and (G)derision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name”,
(H)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and (I)I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
10 (J)For I hear many whispering.
(K)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! (L)Let us denounce him!”
say all my (M)close friends,
(N)watching for (O)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then (P)we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”
11 But (Q)the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
(R)they will not overcome me.
(S)They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their (T)eternal dishonour
will never be forgotten.
12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
(U)who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
13 (V)Sing to the Lord;
praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.
The Day of the Lord Will Come
3 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them (A)I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 (B)that you should remember the predictions of (C)the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles, 3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come (D)in the last days with scoffing, (E)following their own sinful desires. 4 (F)They will say, “Where is the promise of (G)his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth (H)was formed out of water and through water (I)by the word of God, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed (J)was deluged with water and (K)perished. 7 But by the same word (L)the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgement and (M)destruction of the ungodly.
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