Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good
106 (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Oh give thanks to the Lord, (C)for he is good,
(D)for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,
or declare all his praise?
3 Blessed are they who observe justice,
who (E)do righteousness at all times!
13 But they soon (A)forgot his works;
they did not wait for (B)his counsel.
14 But they had (C)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and (D)put God to the test in the desert;
15 he (E)gave them what they asked,
but sent (F)a wasting disease among them.
16 When men in the camp (G)were jealous of Moses
and Aaron, (H)the holy one of the Lord,
17 (I)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18 (J)Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They (K)made a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.
20 They (L)exchanged the glory of God[a]
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They (M)forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in (N)the land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 Therefore (O)he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his (P)chosen one,
(Q)stood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (A)“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since (B)you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 beware (C)lest you act corruptly (D)by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, (E)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. 19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (F)the sun and the moon and the stars, (G)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (H)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, (I)to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.
19 For this is a gracious thing, when, (A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But (B)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For (C)to this you have been called, (D)because Christ also suffered for you, (E)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 (F)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 (G)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, (H)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 (I)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we (J)might die to sin and (K)live to righteousness. (L)By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For (M)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (N)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.