Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Gimel
17 (A)Deal bountifully with your servant,
(B)that I may live and keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am (C)a sojourner on the earth;
(D)hide not your commandments from me!
20 My soul is consumed with (E)longing
for your rules[a] at all times.
21 You rebuke (F)the insolent, (G)accursed ones,
who (H)wander from your commandments.
22 Take away from me (I)scorn and contempt,
(J)for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Even though (K)princes sit plotting against me,
your servant will (L)meditate on your statutes.
24 Your testimonies are my (M)delight;
they are my (N)counselors.
Daleth
25 (O)My soul clings to the dust;
(P)give me life (Q)according to your word!
26 When (R)I told of my ways, you answered me;
(S)teach me your statutes!
27 (T)Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will (U)meditate on your wondrous works.
28 (V)My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
29 Put false ways far from me
and graciously (W)teach me your law!
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I (X)set your rules before me.
31 I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
(Y)let me not be put to shame!
32 I will run in the way of your commandments
when you (Z)enlarge my heart![b]
13 (A)“In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
shall (B)faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by (C)the Guilt of Samaria,
and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (D)the Way of (E)Beersheba lives,’
they shall fall, and never rise again.”
The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
(F)“Strike the capitals until (G)the thresholds (H)shake,
(I)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
(J)not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 (K)“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
(L)if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide themselves on (M)the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
(N)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 (O)And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
(P)and I will fix my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”
Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (D)keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (E)is a liar, and (F)the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever (G)keeps his word, in him truly (H)the love of God is perfected. (I)By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he (J)abides in him (K)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.