Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
5 The (A)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also (B)in the assembly of the (C)holy ones.
6 For (D)who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the [a](E)sons of the mighty is like the Lord,
7 A God (F)greatly feared in the council of the (G)holy ones,
And (H)awesome above all those who are around Him?
8 O Lord God of hosts, (I)who is like You, O mighty [b]Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You (J)still them.
10 You Yourself crushed [c](K)Rahab like one who is slain;
You (L)scattered Your enemies with [d]Your mighty arm.
11 The (M)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The (N)world and [e]all it contains, You have founded them.
12 The (O)north and the south, You have created them;
(P)Tabor and (Q)Hermon (R)shout for joy at Your name.
13 You have [f]a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your (S)right hand is exalted.
14 (T)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
(U)Lovingkindness and [g]truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the [h](V)joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the (W)light of Your countenance.
16 In (X)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of (Y)their strength,
And by Your favor [i]our (Z)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AA)shield belongs to the Lord,
[j]And our king to the (AB)Holy One of Israel.
19 [k]Once You spoke in vision to Your godly [l]ones,
And said, “I have [m]given help to one who is (AC)mighty;
I have exalted one (AD)chosen from the people.
20 “I have (AE)found David My servant;
With My holy (AF)oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom (AG)My hand will be established;
My arm also will (AH)strengthen him.
22 “The enemy will not [n]deceive him,
Nor the [o](AI)son of wickedness afflict him.
23 “But I shall (AJ)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 “My (AK)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his (AL)horn will be exalted.
25 “I shall also set his hand (AM)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 “He will cry to Me, ‘You are (AN)my Father,
My God, and the (AO)rock of my salvation.’
27 “I also shall make him My (AP)firstborn,
The (AQ)highest of the kings of the earth.
28 “My (AR)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My (AS)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 “So I will establish his [p](AT)descendants forever
And his (AU)throne (AV)as the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons (AW)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [q]violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the (AX)rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 “But I will not break off (AY)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 “My (AZ)covenant I will not [r]violate,
Nor will I (BA)alter [s]the utterance of My lips.
35 “[t]Once I have (BB)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 “His [u](BC)descendants shall endure forever
And his (BD)throne (BE)as the sun before Me.
37 “It shall be established forever (BF)like the moon,
And the (BG)witness in the sky is faithful.” [v]Selah.
Jacob Moves to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and [a]live there, and make an altar there to (B)God, who appeared to you (C)when you fled [b]from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (D)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (E)the foreign gods which are among you, and (F)purify yourselves and change your garments; 3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make (G)an altar there to God, (H)who answered me in the day of my distress and (I)has been with me [c]wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [d]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [e]oak which was near Shechem.
5 As they journeyed, there was [f](J)a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to (K)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 7 (L)He built an altar there, and called the place [g]El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled [h]from his brother. 8 Now (M)Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named [i]Allon-bacuth.
Jacob Is Named Israel
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He (N)blessed him. 10 (O)God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
[j]You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called [k]him Israel. 11 God also said to him,
“I am [l](P)God Almighty;
(Q)Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a (R)company of nations shall [m]come from you,
And (S)kings shall [n]come forth from [o]you.
12 “(T)The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your [p]descendants after you.”
13 Then (U)God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. 14 Jacob set up (V)a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, [q](W)Bethel.
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, (A)the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the [a]message. 45 (B)All the [b]circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been (C)poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they were hearing them (D)speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered, 47 “(E)Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who (F)have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?” 48 And he (G)ordered them to be baptized (H)in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.
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