Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 80[a]
Prayer to Restore God’s Vineyard
1 For the leader; according to “Lilies.” Eduth.[b] A psalm of Asaph.
I
2 O Shepherd of Israel, lend an ear,
you who guide Joseph like a flock!
Seated upon the cherubim, shine forth(A)
3 upon Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Stir up your power, and come to save us.
4 (B)O God, restore us;
light up your face and we shall be saved.
II
31 See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.(A) 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, though I was their master—oracle of the Lord.(B) 33 But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days—oracle of the Lord. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(C) 34 They will no longer teach their friends and relatives, “Know the Lord!” Everyone, from least to greatest, shall know me—oracle of the Lord—for I will forgive their iniquity and no longer remember their sin.(D)
10 By this “will,” we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.(A)
11 [a]Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.(B) 12 But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;(C) 13 [b]now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.(D) 15 [c]The holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying:
16 “This is the covenant I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord:
‘I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them upon their minds,’”(E)
17 he also says:[d]
“Their sins and their evildoing
I will remember no more.”(F)
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
Recalling the Past.[e]
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