Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 105
God’s Faithfulness to His People
1 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.(A)
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell about all his wondrous works!(B)
3 Boast in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.(C)
4 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.(D)
5 Remember the wondrous works he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,[a](E)
6 you offspring of Abraham his servant,
Jacob’s descendants—his chosen ones.(F)
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.(G)
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations(H)—
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore[b] to Isaac,(I)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:(J)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”(K)
16 He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.(A)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.(B)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.(C)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.(D)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.(E)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions(F)—
22 binding[a] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.(G)
23 Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.[b](H)
24 The Lord[c] made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,(I)
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.(J)
26 He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.(K)
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.(L)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy his commands?(M)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.(N)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.(O)
31 He spoke, and insects came(P)—
gnats throughout their country.(Q)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.(R)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.(S)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
35 They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.(T)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.(U)
37 Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.(V)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel[d] had fallen on them.(W)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.(X)
40 They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.(Y)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.(Z)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.(A)
10 While the whole community threatened to stone them,(A) the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.
God’s Judgment of Israel’s Rebellion
11 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?(B) 12 I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.”(C)
13 But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them. 14 They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land.(D) They have heard that you, Lord, are among these people, how you, Lord, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.(E) 15 If you kill this people with a single blow,[a](F) the nations that have heard of your fame(G) will declare, 16 ‘Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them,(H) he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’(I)
17 “So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as you have spoken: 18 The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,(J) forgiving iniquity and rebellion.(K) But he will not leave the guilty unpunished,(L) bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.(M) 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of your faithful love,(N) just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”
20 The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested. 21 Yet as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,(O) 22 none of the men who have seen my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested me these ten times and did not obey me, 23 will ever see the land I swore to give their ancestors.(P) None of those who have despised me(Q) will see it. 24 But since my servant Caleb has a different spirit and has remained loyal to me, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.(R)
Warnings from Israel’s Past
10 Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors(A) were all under the cloud,(B) all passed through the sea,(C) 2 and all were baptized(D) into Moses(E) in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food,(F) 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock(G) that followed them, and that rock was Christ.(H) 5 Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.(I)
6 Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we will not desire(J) evil things as they did.[a](K) 7 Don’t become idolaters(L) as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.[b][c](M) 8 Let us not commit sexual immorality(N) as some of them did,[d] and in a single day twenty-three thousand people died.(O) 9 Let us not test Christ as some of them did[e] and were destroyed by snakes.(P) 10 And don’t grumble(Q) as some of them did,[f](R) and were killed by the destroyer.[g](S) 11 These things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction,(T) on whom the ends of the ages[h](U) have come.(V) 12 So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.(W) 13 No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful;(X) he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out(Y) so that you may be able to bear it.
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