Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Tav.
169 Let my (A)cry [a]come before You, O Lord;
(B)Give me understanding (C)according to Your word.
170 Let my (D)supplication come before You;
(E)Deliver me according to Your [b]word.
171 Let my (F)lips utter praise,
For You (G)teach me Your statutes.
172 Let my (H)tongue sing of Your [c]word,
For all Your (I)commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Your (J)hand be [d]ready to help me,
For I have (K)chosen Your precepts.
174 I (L)long for Your salvation, O Lord,
And Your law is my (M)delight.
175 Let my (N)soul live that it may praise You,
And let Your ordinances help me.
176 I have (O)gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do (P)not forget Your commandments.
Jeroboam Warned, Stricken
13 Now behold, there came (A)a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar (B)to burn incense. 2 (C)He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, (D)Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’” 3 Then he gave a [a]sign the same day, saying, “(E)This is the [b]sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the [c]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’” 4 Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. 5 The altar also was split apart and the [d]ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the [e]sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6 The king said to the man of God, “Please [f](F)entreat the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So (G)the man of God [g]entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. 7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and (H)I will give you a reward.” 8 But the man of God said to the king, “(I)If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. 9 For so [h]it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.’” 10 So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
9 What then? [a](A)Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both (B)Jews and (C)Greeks are (D)all under sin; 10 as it is written,
“(E)There is none righteous, not even one;
11 There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;
12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”
13 “(F)Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“(G)The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “(H)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
15 “(I)Their feet are swift to shed blood,
16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,
17 And the path of peace they have not known.”
18 “(J)There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the (K)Law says, it speaks to (L)those who are [b]under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and (M)all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because (N)by the works [c]of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for [d](O)through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
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