Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord(A)
105 Oh, (B)give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
(C)Make known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
(D)Talk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
(E)Seek His face evermore!
5 (F)Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
(G)His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He (H)remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 (I)The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, (J)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
37 (A)He also brought them out with silver and gold,
And there was none feeble among His tribes.
38 (B)Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 (C)He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.
40 (D)The people asked, and He brought quail,
And (E)satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 (F)He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
It ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He remembered (G)His holy promise,
And Abraham His servant.
43 He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with [a]gladness.
44 (H)He gave them the lands of the [b]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 (I)That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
[c]Praise the Lord!
Isaac Is Born(A)
21 And the Lord (B)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (C)as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah (D)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, (E)at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—(F)Isaac.[a] 4 Then Abraham (G)circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, (H)as God had commanded him. 5 Now (I)Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, (J)“God has [b]made me laugh, and all who hear (K)will laugh with me.” 7 She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? (L)For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 But to the Son He says:
(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A [a]scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, (B)has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
10 And:
(C)“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
11 (D)They will perish, but You remain;
And (E)they will all grow old like a garment;
12 Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the (F)same,
And Your years will not fail.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.