Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 67[a]
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.
67 May God show us his favor[b] and bless us.[c]
May he smile on us.[d] (Selah)
2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like;
all nations will know how you deliver your people.[e]
3 Let the nations thank you, O God.
Let all the nations thank you.[f]
4 Let foreigners[g] rejoice and celebrate.
For you execute justice among the nations,
and govern the people living on earth.[h] (Selah)
5 Let the nations thank you, O God.
Let all the nations thank you.[i]
6 The earth yields its crops.
May God, our God, bless us.
7 May God bless us.[j]
Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.[k]
15 Look down from heaven and take notice,
from your holy, majestic palace!
Where are your zeal[a] and power?
Do not hold back your tender compassion![b]
16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our father;
you have been called our Protector from ancient times.[c]
17 Why, Lord, do you make us stray[d] from your ways,[e]
and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you?[f]
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your inheritance!
18 For a short time your special[g] nation possessed a land,[h]
but then our adversaries knocked down[i] your holy sanctuary.
19 We existed from ancient times,[j]
but you did not rule over them;
they were not your subjects.[k]
19 But Jews came from Antioch[a] and Iconium,[b] and after winning[c] the crowds over, they stoned[d] Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back[e] into the city. On[f] the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.[g]
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria
21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra,[h] to Iconium,[i] and to Antioch.[j] 22 They strengthened[k] the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue[l] in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God[m] through many persecutions.”[n] 23 When they had appointed elders[o] for them in the various churches,[p] with prayer and fasting[q] they entrusted them to the protection[r] of the Lord in whom they had believed. 24 Then they passed through[s] Pisidia and came into Pamphylia,[t] 25 and when they had spoken the word[u] in Perga,[v] they went down to Attalia.[w] 26 From there they sailed back to Antioch,[x] where they had been commended[y] to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.[z] 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported[aa] all the things God[ab] had done with them, and that he had opened a door[ac] of faith for the Gentiles. 28 So they spent[ad] considerable[ae] time with the disciples.
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