Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
40 1 David delivered from great danger doth magnify and praise the grace of God for his deliverance, and commendeth his providence toward all mankind. 5 Then doth he promise to give himself wholly to God’s service, and so declareth how God is truly worshipped. 14 Afterwards he giveth thanks and praiseth God, and having complained of his enemies, with good courage he calleth for aid and succor.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.
1 I waited [a]patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me also out of the [b]horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
3 And he hath put in my mouth [c]a new song of praise unto our God: many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth [d]not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 [e]O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderful works so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward us: I would declare and speak of them, but they are more than I am able to express.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire: (for [f]mine ears hast thou prepared) burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 [g]Then said I, Lo, I come: for in the roll of the book it is written of me.
8 I desired to do thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Law is within mine heart.
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, his altars shall be to sin.
12 I have written to them the great things of my Law: but they were counted as a [a]strange thing.
13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it: but the [b]Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and buildeth Temples, and Judah hath increased strong cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
10 1 Against Israel and his idols. 14 His destruction for the same.
1 Israel is a [a]empty vine, yet hath it brought forth fruit unto itself, and according to the multitude of the fruit thereof he hath increased the altars: according to the [b]goodness of their land they have made fair images.
2 Their heart is [c]divided: now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars; he shall destroy their images.
13 1 He giveth good lessons not only for manners, 7 but also for doctrine.
1 Let (A)[a]brotherly love continue.
2 (B)Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have (C)received Angels into their houses unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as though ye were bound with them: and them that are in affliction, as [b]if ye were also afflicted in the body.
4 [c]Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5 [d]Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with those things that ye have, for [e]he hath said,
6 (D)I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee:
7 So that we may boldly say, (E)The Lord is mine helper, neither will I fear what [f]man can do unto me.
8 [g]Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering what hath been the end of their conversation. [h]Jesus Christ yesterday, and today, the same also is forever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: [i]for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with [j]meats, which have not profited them that have been [k]occupied therein.
10 [l]We have an [m]altar, whereof they have no authority to eat, which [n]serve in the Tabernacle.
11 (F)For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high Priest for sin, are burnt without the camp.
12 Therefore even Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 [o]Let us go forth to him therefore out of the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 (G)For here have we no continuing city: but we seek one to come.
15 [p]Let us therefore by him offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the (H)fruit of the lips, which confess his Name.
16 To do good, and to distribute forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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