Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Lord the Keeper of Israel.
A Song of Ascents.
121 I will (A)lift up my eyes to (B)the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
2 My (C)help comes from the Lord,
Who (D)made heaven and earth.
3 He will not (E)allow your foot to slip;
He who (F)keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your (G)keeper;
The Lord is your (H)shade on your right hand.
6 The (I)sun will not smite you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will [a](J)protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
8 The Lord will [b](K)guard your going out and your coming in
(L)From this time forth and forever.
18 Who is a God like You, who (A)pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the (B)remnant of His [a]possession?
He does not (C)retain His anger forever,
Because He (D)delights in [b]unchanging love.
19 He will again have compassion on us;
(E)He will tread our iniquities under foot.
Yes, You will (F)cast all [c]their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give [d](G)truth to Jacob
And [e]unchanging love to Abraham,
Which You (H)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.
Justification by Faith
21 But now apart [a]from the Law (A)the righteousness of God has been manifested, being (B)witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the (C)righteousness of God through (D)faith (E)in Jesus Christ for (F)all those [b]who believe; for (G)there is no distinction; 23 for all [c](H)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift (I)by His grace through (J)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as (K)a [d]propitiation [e](L)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, [f]because in the (M)forbearance of God He (N)passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who [g]has faith in Jesus.
27 Where then is (O)boasting? It is excluded. By (P)what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 [h]For (Q)we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works [i]of the Law. 29 Or (R)is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed (S)God (T)who will justify the [j]circumcised [k]by faith and the [l]uncircumcised through faith (U)is one.
31 Do we then nullify [m]the Law through faith? (V)May it never be! On the contrary, we (W)establish the Law.
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