Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(A)
your renown endures(B) through all generations.(C)
13 You will arise(D) and have compassion(E) on Zion,
for it is time(F) to show favor(G) to her;
the appointed time(H) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(I) the name of the Lord,
all the kings(J) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(K)
and appear in his glory.(L)
17 He will respond to the prayer(M) of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written(N) for a future generation,
that a people not yet created(O) may praise the Lord:
19 “The Lord looked down(P) from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(Q)
and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(R) in Zion
and his praise(S) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship(T) the Lord.
23 In the course of my life[a] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.(U)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on(V) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(W) you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens(X) are the work of your hands.(Y)
26 They will perish,(Z) but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(AA)
and your years will never end.(AB)
28 The children of your servants(AC) will live in your presence;
their descendants(AD) will be established before you.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:23 Or By his power
Cross references
- Psalm 102:12 : S Ex 15:18
- Psalm 102:12 : Ps 135:13; Isa 55:13; 63:12
- Psalm 102:12 : S Ex 3:15
- Psalm 102:13 : S Ps 44:26
- Psalm 102:13 : S Dt 32:36; S 1Ki 3:26; Isa 54:8; 60:10; Zec 10:6
- Psalm 102:13 : Ps 119:126
- Psalm 102:13 : S Ps 77:7
- Psalm 102:13 : S Ex 13:10; Da 8:19; Ac 1:7
- Psalm 102:15 : 1Ki 8:43; Ps 67:7; Isa 2:2
- Psalm 102:15 : Ps 76:12; 138:4; 148:11
- Psalm 102:16 : S Ps 51:18
- Psalm 102:16 : Ps 8:1; Isa 60:1-2
- Psalm 102:17 : S 1Ki 8:29; Ps 4:1; 6:9
- Psalm 102:18 : S Ro 4:24
- Psalm 102:18 : S Ps 22:31
- Psalm 102:19 : Ps 53:2
- Psalm 102:20 : S Ps 68:6; S Lk 4:19
- Psalm 102:21 : Ps 22:22
- Psalm 102:21 : Ps 9:14
- Psalm 102:22 : S Ps 22:27; Isa 49:22-23; Zec 8:20-23
- Psalm 102:23 : S Ps 39:5
- Psalm 102:24 : S Ge 21:33; Job 36:26; Ps 90:2
- Psalm 102:25 : S Ge 1:1; Heb 1:10-12*
- Psalm 102:25 : S 2Ch 2:12
- Psalm 102:25 : S Ps 8:3
- Psalm 102:26 : Isa 13:10, 13; 34:4; 51:6; Eze 32:8; Joel 2:10; Mt 24:35; 2Pe 3:7-10; Rev 20:11
- Psalm 102:27 : S Nu 23:19; Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17
- Psalm 102:27 : Ps 9:7
- Psalm 102:28 : Ps 69:36
- Psalm 102:28 : Ps 25:13; 89:4
The Shunammite’s Son Restored to Life
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem.(A) And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. 9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay(B) there whenever he comes to us.”
11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.”(C) So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’”
She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”
14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked.
Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. 16 “About this time(D) next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.”
“No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”
17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Cross references
32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.(A) 33 He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed(B) to the Lord. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched(C) himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm. 35 Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times(D) and opened his eyes.(E)
36 Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” And he did. When she came, he said, “Take your son.”(F) 37 She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
Cross references
In Iconium
14 At Iconium(A) Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue.(B) There they spoke so effectively that a great number(C) of Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.(D) 3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly(E) for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.(F) 4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.(G) 5 There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,(H) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.(I) 6 But they found out about it and fled(J) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, 7 where they continued to preach(K) the gospel.(L)
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