Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

²³ and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

²⁴ And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

²⁵ and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

²⁶ and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'

²⁷ And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'

²⁸ And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

²⁹ And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, `Why [is] this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.

³⁰ And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'

³¹ and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;

121 A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

² My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

³ He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

⁴ Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

⁵ Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,

⁶ By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

⁷ Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

⁸ Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

¹⁴ And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

¹⁵ and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus;

¹⁶ every Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that [is] in righteousness,

¹⁷ that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.

4 I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

² preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

³ for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

⁴ and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

⁵ And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

18 And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to faint,

² saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --

³ and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

⁴ and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

⁵ yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

⁶ And the Lord said, `Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

⁷ and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

⁸ I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'