Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Lord’s Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel.
105 Oh (A)give thanks to the Lord, (B)call upon His name;
(C)Make known His deeds among the peoples.
2 Sing to Him, (D)sing praises to Him;
[a](E)Speak of all His [b]wonders.
3 [c]Glory in His holy name;
Let the (F)heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.
4 Seek the Lord and (G)His strength;
(H)Seek His face continually.
5 Remember His [d](I)wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the (J)judgments [e]uttered by His mouth,
6 O seed of (K)Abraham, His servant,
O sons of (L)Jacob, His (M)chosen ones!
16 Go and (A)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘(B)The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[a](C)I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 So (D)I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of (E)the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land (F)flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18 (G)They will [b]pay heed to what you say; and (H)you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a (I)three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt (J)will not permit you to go, (K)except [c]under compulsion. 20 So I will stretch out (L)My hand and strike Egypt with all My (M)miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and (N)after that he will let you go. 21 I will grant this people (O)favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. 22 But every woman (P)shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will (Q)plunder the Egyptians.”
7 For (A)the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only (B)he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then that lawless one (C)will be revealed whom the Lord will slay (D)with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the (E)appearance of His [a]coming; 9 that is, the one whose [b]coming is in accord with the activity of (F)Satan, with all power and [c](G)signs and false wonders, 10 and with [d]all the deception of wickedness for (H)those who perish, because they did not receive the love of (I)the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason (J)God [e]will send upon them [f]a (K)deluding influence so that they will believe [g]what is false, 12 in order that they all may be [h]judged who (L)did not believe the truth, but [i](M)took pleasure in wickedness.
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