Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
14 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They have corrupted; and done an abominable work. There is no one who does good.
2 The LORD looked down from Heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who would understand, and seek God.
3 All have gone out of the way. They are all corrupt. There is no one who does good; no, not one.
4 Do not all the workers of iniquity know that they eat up my people as they eat bread? They do not call upon the LORD.
5 There they shall be taken with fear, because God is in the generation of the just.
6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor. But the LORD is his refuge.
7 Oh, give salvation to Israel out of Zion. When the LORD turns the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. Note that Psalm 14:5-7, which are put into the common translation (and may seem to some to be left out here) are not in the same Psalm in the Hebrew text. Rather, they are put in more fully to express the manners of the wicked. They are gathered out of Psalms 5, 10, 36, 140, and Isaiah 59. They are alleged by Saint Paul and placed together in Romans 3. A Psalm of David.
13 “Behold, he shall come up as the clouds, and his chariots as a tempest. His horses are lighter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are destroyed!”
14 O, Jerusalem! Wash your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts remain within you?
15 For a voice declares from Dan and publishes affliction from Mount Ephraim.
16 “Make mention of the heathen. Publish in Jerusalem. Behold, the scouts come from a far country and cry out against the cities of Judah.
17 “They have surrounded her as the watchmen of the field, because she has provoked Me to wrath,” says the LORD.
18 “Your ways and your inventions have procured these things for yourself. Such is your wickedness. Therefore, it shall be bitter. Therefore, it shall pierce to your heart.”
19 My belly! My belly! I am pained, even at the very heart! My heart is troubled within me. I cannot be still! For my soul has heard the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of the battle.
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried, for the whole land is wasted. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains, in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
29 “The whole city shall flee because of the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up upon the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, no one dwelling in them.
30 “And when you shall be destroyed, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you paint your face with colors, yet shall you trim yourself in vain. Your lovers will abhor you and seek your life.
31 “For I have heard a noise as of a woman in labor, or as one bringing forth her first child, the voice of the daughter Zion that sighs and stretches out her hands, saying, ‘Woe is me now! For my soul faints because of the murderers!’”
11 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for His sheep.
12 “But the hired servant (who is not the shepherd, nor are the sheep his own) sees the wolf coming and he leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.
13 “So the hired servant flees because he is a hired servant and does not care for the sheep.
14 “I am the Good Shepherd, and know My own, and am known by My own.
15 “As the Father knows Me, so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “I have other sheep also, which are not of this fold. I must also bring them. And they shall hear My voice. And there shall be one sheepfold, with one Shepherd.
17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
18 “No one takes it from Me. But I lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down and have authority to take it again. I have received this Commandment from My Father.”
19 Again, there was a dissension among the Jews because of these sayings.
20 And many of them said, ‘He has a demon, and is insane. Why listen to Him?’
21 Others said, ‘These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?’
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