Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Rejoicing in Answered Prayer
A Psalm of David.
28 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
(A)Do not be silent to me,
(B)Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications
When I cry to You,
(C)When I lift up my hands (D)toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 Do not [a]take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
(E)Who speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
4 (F)Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because (G)they do not regard the works of the Lord,
Nor the operation of His hands,
He shall destroy them
And not build them up.
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: 16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 (B)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (C)like sheep which have no shepherd.”
18 And the Lord said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man (D)in whom is the Spirit, and (E)lay your hand on him; 19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and (F)inaugurate[a] him in their sight. 20 And (G)you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel (H)may be obedient. 21 (I)He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him (J)by the judgment of the Urim. (K)At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”
22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands on him (L)and [b]inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ, (A)of the seed of David, (B)was raised from the dead (C)according to my gospel, 9 (D)for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, (E)even to the point of chains; (F)but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore (G)I endure all things for the sake of the [a]elect, (H)that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 This is a faithful saying:
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