Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Worship God with Joy
A psalm of thanksgiving.[a]
100 Shout in triumph to Yahweh, all the earth.
2 Serve[b] Yahweh with joy;
come into his presence with exultation.
3 Know that Yahweh, he is God;
he made us and we are his.[c]
We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him; bless his name.
5 For Yahweh is good; his loyal love is forever,
and his faithfulness is from generation to generation.[d]
17 “‘And you, my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am judging between one sheep and another,[a] between the rams and between the he-goats. 18 Is it not enough for you[b] that you feed on the good pasture? And still you must trample the remainder of your pasture with your feet, and clear water[c] you drink, and the leftover water[d] you must make muddy with your feet. 19 And my flock must graze the pasture treaded upon by[e] your feet, and must drink the mud puddle stirred up by[f] your feet.”
20 “‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: “Look! I, even I will judge between fat sheep and between lean sheep, 21 because with your flank and with your shoulder you shoved, and with your horns you pushed all of the sick animals until[g] you scattered it[h] to the outside. 22 And so I will save my flock, and they will no longer be[i] for plunder, and I will judge between one sheep and another.[j] 23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, and he will feed them; that is, my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be for them as[k] a shepherd.
Leadership and Humility
5 Therefore I, your fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and[a] also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you: 2 shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly, 3 and not as lording it over those under your care[b], but being examples for the flock. 4 And when[c] the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
5 In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
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