Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Tsadhe.
137 (A)Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 You have commanded Your testimonies in (B)righteousness
And exceeding (C)faithfulness.
139 My (D)zeal has [a]consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140 Your [b](E)word is very [c]pure,
Therefore Your servant (F)loves it.
141 I am small and (G)despised,
Yet I do not (H)forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And (I)Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have [d]come upon me,
Yet Your commandments are my (J)delight.
144 Your (K)testimonies are righteous forever;
(L)Give me understanding that I may live.
5 “Furthermore, (A)wine betrays the (B)haughty man,
So that he does not (C)stay at home.
He (D)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.
6 “Will not all of these (E)take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘(F)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself [a]rich with loans?’
7 “Will not [b]your creditors (G)rise up suddenly,
And those who [c]collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
8 “Because you have (H)looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [d]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
9 “Woe to him who gets (I)evil gain for his house
To (J)put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
10 “You have devised a (K)shameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are (L)sinning against yourself.
11 “Surely the (M)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the [e]framework.
39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is (A)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “(B)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40 But as it is, (C)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has (D)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of (E)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; (F)we have one Father: God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, (G)you would love Me, (H)for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have (I)not even come on My own initiative, but [a](J)He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand [b](K)what I am saying? It is because you cannot (L)hear My word. 44 (M)You are of (N)your father the devil, and (O)you want to do the desires of your father. (P)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because (Q)there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks [c]a lie, he (R)speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of [d]lies. 45 But because (S)I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If (T)I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (U)He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
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