Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
God’s Protection in Times of Crisis
91 One who lives in the secret place[a] of the Most High
will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.[b]
2 I will say to Yahweh, “You are my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver[c] you from the snare of the fowler,
from the plague of destruction.
4 With his feathers he will cover you,
and under his wings you can take refuge.
His faithfulness will be a shield and a buckler.[d]
5 You need not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 or the plague that spreads in the darkness,
or the destruction that devastates at noon.
23 Am I a God from near,” declares[a] Yahweh,
“and not a God from far?
24 Or can a person hide himself in secret places
and I cannot see him?” declares[b] Yahweh.
“Do I not fill up the heaven and the earth?” declares[c] Yahweh.
25 “I have heard what the prophets who prophesy lies[d] have said in my name, saying,[e] ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’ 26 How long[f] will this be in the hearts[g] of the prophets who prophesy lies,[h] even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,[i] 27 who plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors[j] forgot my name through Baal? 28 The prophet who has with him a dream, let him tell the dream. But the prophet[k] who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. What is straw compared to wheat?”[l] declares[m] Yahweh. 29 “Is not my word like fire?” declares[n] Yahweh, “and like a blacksmith’s hammer that breaks a rock into pieces?
30 “Therefore[o] look, I am against the prophets,” declares[p] Yahweh, “who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Look, I am against the prophets,” declares[q] Yahweh, “who take their tongues[r] and declare as prophets, ‘Yahweh declares.’[s] 32 Look, I am against those who prophesy dreams of lies,”[t] declares[u] Yahweh, “and tell them, and they caused my people to err through their lies, and in their recklessness, when I myself have not sent them nor commanded them, so they profit not this people at all,” declares[v] Yahweh.
Made Alive in Christ
2 And you, although you were dead[a][b] in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will[c] of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath[d] by nature, as also the rest of them were.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved), 6 and raised us together and seated us together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.
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