Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord(A)
105 Oh, (B)give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
(C)Make known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
(D)Talk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
(E)Seek His face evermore!
5 (F)Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
16 Go and (A)gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, (B)“I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; 17 and I have said (C)I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ 18 Then (D)they will heed your voice; and (E)you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has (F)met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I am sure that the king of Egypt (G)will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 20 So I will (H)stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with (I)all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and (J)after that he will let you go. 21 And (K)I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. 22 (L)But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, (M)articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So (N)you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
7 For (A)the [a]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [b]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, (B)whom the Lord will consume (C)with the breath of His mouth and destroy (D)with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is (E)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (F)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (G)those who perish, because they did not receive (H)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (I)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (J)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (K)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.