Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

God Is King

93 The Lord rules. He is dressed with great power. The Lord has dressed Himself with strength. For sure, the world is built to last. It will not be moved. ² Your throne is set up from long ago. You have always been. ³ The floods have lifted up, O Lord. The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their beating waves. ⁴ The Lord on high is more powerful than the sound of many waters and the strong waves of the sea. ⁵ Your Word is very sure. O Lord, Your house is holy forever.

Love and Obey the Lord

11 “Love the Lord your God. Always do what He tells you and keep all His Laws. ² I am not speaking to your children. They have not seen how the Lord worked and how great He is. ³ They have not seen the special things you have seen, what He did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land. ⁴ They have not seen what He did to Egypt’s army, the horses and war-wagons. He made the water of the Red Sea flow over them while they were coming after you. He destroyed every one of them. ⁵ They have not seen what He did to you in the desert until you came to this place. ⁶ They do not know what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, those of their house, their tents, and every living thing that followed them among Israel. ⁷ But your own eyes have seen all the great work the Lord has done.

⁸ “So keep every Law which I am telling you today. And you will be strong and go in and take the land which is to be yours. ⁹ You will live long in the land the Lord promised to your fathers and their children, a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ For the land you are going in to take is not like the land you came from in Egypt. There you planted your seed and watered it using your feet, like a vegetable garden. ¹¹ But the land you are about to go into and take for your own is a land of hills and valleys. It drinks water from the rain of heaven. ¹² The Lord your God cares for this land. His eyes watch over it from the beginning to the end of the year.

¹³ “Listen to and obey all the Laws I am telling you today. Love the Lord your God. Work for Him with all your heart and soul. If you do, ¹⁴ He will give the rain for your land at the right times, the early and late rain. So you may gather in your grain, your new wine and your oil. ¹⁵ He will give grass in your fields for your cattle. And you will eat and be filled. ¹⁶ Be careful not to let your hearts be fooled so you turn away and work for other gods and worship them. ¹⁷ Or the anger of the Lord will burn against you. He will shut the heavens so there will be no rain and the ground will not give its fruit. Then you will be quick to die from the good land the Lord is giving you.

¹³ I tell you this before God Who gives life to all people and before Jesus Christ Who spoke well in front of Pontius Pilate. ¹⁴ You must do all our Lord Jesus Christ said so no one can speak against you. Do this until He comes again. ¹⁵ At the right time, we will be shown that God is the One Who has all power. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. ¹⁶ He can never die. He lives in a light so bright that no man can go near Him. No man has ever seen God or can see Him. Honor and power belong to Him forever. Let it be so.