Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
God the King of the Earth.
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
47 O (A)clap your hands, all peoples;
(B)Shout to God with the voice of [a]joy.
2 For the Lord Most High is to be (C)feared,
A (D)great King over all the earth.
3 He (E)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
4 He chooses our (F)inheritance for us,
The (G)glory of Jacob whom He loves. [b]Selah.
5 God has (H)ascended [c]with a shout,
The Lord, [d]with the (I)sound of a trumpet.
6 (J)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to (K)our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the (L)King of all the earth;
Sing praises (M)with a [e]skillful psalm.
8 God (N)reigns over the nations,
God [f]sits on (O)His holy throne.
9 The [g](P)princes of the people have assembled themselves as the (Q)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (R)shields of the earth belong to God;
He [h]is (S)highly exalted.
15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and (A)the cloud covered the mountain. 16 (B)The glory of the Lord [a]rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He (C)called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. 17 (D)And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a (E)consuming fire on the mountain top. 18 Moses entered the midst of the cloud [b]as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain (F)forty days and forty nights.
The Patmos Vision
9 (A)I, John, your (B)brother and (C)fellow partaker in the tribulation and (D)kingdom and [a](E)perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was [b](G)in the Spirit on (H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (I)like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “(J)Write in a [c]book what you see, and send it to the (K)seven churches: to (L)Ephesus and to (M)Smyrna and to (N)Pergamum and to (O)Thyatira and to (P)Sardis and to (Q)Philadelphia and to (R)Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw (S)seven golden lampstands; 13 and (T)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one (U)like [d]a son of man, (V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and (W)girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14 His head and His (X)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and (Y)His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His (Z)feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His (AA)voice was like the sound of many waters. 16 In His right hand He held (AB)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a (AC)sharp two-edged sword; and His (AD)face was like (AE)the sun [e]shining in its strength.
17 When I saw Him, I (AF)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He (AG)placed His right hand on me, saying, “(AH)Do not be afraid; (AI)I am the first and the last, 18 and the (AJ)living One; and I [f](AK)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have (AL)the keys of death and of Hades.
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