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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
Names of God Bible (NOG)
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Psalm 113

Psalm 113

Hallelujah!

You servants of Yahweh, praise him.
    Praise the name of Yahweh.
Thank the name of Yahweh now and forever.
From where the sun rises to where the sun sets,
    the name of Yahweh should be praised.
Yahweh is high above all the nations.
    His glory is above the heavens.
Who is like Yahweh our Elohim?
    He is seated on his high throne.
He bends down to look at heaven and earth.
He lifts the poor from the dust.
    He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
He seats them with influential people,
    with the influential leaders of his people.
He makes a woman who is in a childless home
    a joyful mother.

Hallelujah!

Exodus 23:1-9

23 The Lord continued, “Never spread false rumors. Don’t join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony. Never follow a crowd in doing wrong. When you testify in court, don’t side with the majority to pervert justice. Never give special favors to poor people in court.

“Whenever you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering loose, be sure to take it back to him. Whenever you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, don’t leave it there. Be sure to help him with his animal.

“Never deny justice to poor people in court. Avoid telling lies. Don’t kill innocent or honest people, because I will never declare guilty people innocent. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right.

“Never oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be foreigners because you were foreigners living in Egypt.

Romans 3:1-8

Everyone Is a Sinner

Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised? There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.

What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God’s faithfulness? That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says,

“So you hand down justice when you speak,
    and you win your case in court.”

But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.) That’s unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world? If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner? Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.

Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.