Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
ג Gimel
17 Deal generously with your servant(A)
so that I might live;
then I will keep your word.
18 Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wondrous things from your instruction.
19 I am a resident alien on earth;(B)
do not hide your commands from me.
20 I am continually overcome
with longing for your judgments.(C)
21 You rebuke the arrogant,
the ones under a curse,(D)
who wander from your commands.(E)
22 Take insult and contempt away from me,(F)
for I have kept your decrees.
23 Though princes sit together speaking against me,(G)
your servant will think about your statutes;(H)
24 your decrees are my delight
and my counselors.(I)
ד Daleth
25 My life is down in the dust;(J)
give me life(K) through your word.
26 I told you about my life,
and you answered me;
teach me your statutes.(L)
27 Help me understand
the meaning of your precepts
so that I can meditate on your wonders.(M)
28 I am weary[a] from grief;
strengthen me through your word.(N)
29 Keep me from the way of deceit
and graciously give me your instruction.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set your ordinances before me.(O)
31 I cling to your decrees;
Lord, do not put me to shame.(P)
32 I pursue the way of your commands,
for you broaden my understanding.[b](Q)
13 In that day the beautiful young women,(A)
the young men also, will faint from thirst.(B)
14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria(C)
and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”(D)
or, “As the way[a][b] of Beer-sheba lives”(E)—
they will fall, never to rise again.(F)
Fifth Vision: The Lord beside the Altar
9 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,(G) and he said:
Strike the capitals of the pillars(H)
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.(I)
None of those who flee will get away;(J)
none of the fugitives will escape.
2 If they dig down to Sheol,(K)
from there my hand will take them;
if they climb up to heaven,(L)
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down(M)
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from my sight on the sea floor,(N)
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.(O)
4 And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,(P)
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.(Q)
I will keep my eye on them
for harm and not for good.(R)
2 My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate(A) with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one. 2 He himself is the atoning sacrifice[a](B) for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.(C)
God’s Commands
3 This is how we know(D) that we know him: if we keep his commands.(E) 4 The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps his word,(F) truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:(G) 6 The one who says he remains in him(H) should walk just as he walked.
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