Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.
A Psalm of David.
29 (A)Ascribe to the Lord, O [a]sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory [b]due to His name;
Worship the Lord (B)in [c]holy array.
3 The (C)voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory (D)thunders,
The Lord is over [d](E)many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is (F)powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces (G)the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon (H)skip like a calf,
And (I)Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord hews out [e]flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord [f]shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of (J)Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes (K)the deer to calve
And strips the forests bare;
And (L)in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
15 So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
(A)The eyes of the proud also will be abased.
16 But the (B)Lord of hosts will be (C)exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself (D)holy in righteousness.
17 (E)Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the [a]wealthy.
18 Woe to those who drag (F)iniquity with the cords of [b]falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19 (G)Who say, “Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who (H)call evil good, and good evil;
Who [c](I)substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who [d]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (J)wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!
22 (K)Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 (L)Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And (M)take away the [e]rights of the ones who are in the right!
Disciples’ Relation to the World
18 “(A)If the world hates you, [a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but (B)I chose you out of the world, (C)because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘(D)A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, (E)they will also persecute you; if they (F)kept My word, they will keep yours also.
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