Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 106[a]
106 Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures.[b]
2 Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts,
or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?[c]
3 How blessed are those who promote justice,
and do what is right all the time.
4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.
Pay attention to me, when you deliver,
5 so I may see the prosperity[d] of your chosen ones,
rejoice along with your nation,[e]
and boast along with the people who belong to you.[f]
6 We have sinned like[g] our ancestors;[h]
we have done wrong, we have done evil.
13 They quickly forgot what he had done;[a]
they did not wait for his instructions.[b]
14 In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving[c] for meat;[d]
they challenged God[e] in the wastelands.
15 He granted their request,
then struck them with a disease.[f]
16 In the camp they resented[g] Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.[h]
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it engulfed[i] the group led by Abiram.[j]
18 Fire burned their group;
the flames scorched the wicked.[k]
19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,
and worshiped a metal idol.
20 They traded their majestic God[l]
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They rejected[m] the God who delivered them,
the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,
22 amazing feats in the land of Ham,
mighty acts[n] by the Red Sea.
23 He threatened[o] to destroy them,
but[p] Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him[q]
and turned back his destructive anger.[r]
The Nature of Israel’s God
15 Be very careful,[a] then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire. 16 I say this[b] so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female, 17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky, 18 anything that crawls[c] on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters under the earth.[d] 19 When you look up[e] to the sky[f] and see the sun, moon, and stars—the whole heavenly creation[g]—you must not be seduced to worship and serve them,[h] for the Lord your God has assigned[i] them to all the people[j] of the world.[k] 20 You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace,[l] to be his special people[m] as you are today.
19 For this finds God’s favor,[a] if because of conscience toward God[b] someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.[c] 21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. 22 He[d] committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.[e] 23 When he was maligned, he[f] did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened[g] no retaliation,[h] but committed himself to God[i] who judges justly. 24 He[j] himself bore our sins[k] in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning[l] and live for righteousness. By his[m] wounds[n] you were healed.[o] 25 For you were going astray like sheep[p] but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
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