Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
104 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, You are exceedingly great. You are clothed with Glory and honor.
2 The One Who covers Himself with light, as with a garment, and spread the heavens like a curtain.
3 The One Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters, and makes the clouds His chariot, and walks upon the wings of the wind.
4 The One Who makes the spirits His messengers, and a flaming fire His ministers.
5 The One Who sets the Earth upon her foundations, so that it shall never move.
6 You cover it with the deep, as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they flee; at the voice of Your thunder they hurry away.
8 The mountains ascend. The valleys descend to the place which You have established for them.
9 You have set them a boundary which they shall not pass. They shall not return to cover the Earth.
24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom, You have made them all. The Earth is full of Your riches!
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the Earth, and the wicked, until there are no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
37 “At this, also, my heart is astonished, and is moved out of its place.
2 “Hear the sound of His voice, and the noise that goes out of His Mouth.
3 “He directs it under the whole heaven, and His light to the ends of the world.
4 “After it, a noise sounds. He thunders with the Voice of His majesty. And He will not stop them when His Voice is heard.
5 “God thunders marvelously with His Voice. He works great things which we do not know.
6 “For He says to the snow, ‘Be upon the Earth,’ likewise to the small rain and to the great rain of His power.
7 “With its force He shuts up every man, so that all men may know His work.
8 “Then the beasts go into the den and remain in their places.
9 “The whirlwind comes out of the South, and the cold from the North wind.
10 “At the breath of God the frost is given and the breadth of the waters is made narrow.
11 “He also makes the clouds labor to water, and scatters the cloud with His light.
12 “And it is turned by His guidance, so that they may do whatever He commands them upon the whole world.
13 “Whether it be for punishment, or for His land, or from mercy, He causes it to come.
14 “Listen to this, O Job! Stand and consider the wondrous works of God.
15 “Do you know when God placed them, and caused the light of His cloud to shine?
16 “Have you known the variety of the cloud, the wondrous works of Him Who is perfect in knowledge,
17 “how your clothes are warm when He makes the Earth quiet through the South wind?
18 “Have you stretched out the heavens, which are strong as a molten glass?
19 “Tell us what we shall say to Him. We cannot arrange anything because of darkness.
20 “Shall it be told to Him when I speak? Or shall man speak when he shall be destroyed?
21 “And now men do not see the light which shines in the clouds, but the wind passes and cleanses them.
22 “The brightness comes out of the North, the praise to God, which is terrible.
23 “The Almighty: we cannot find him. Excellent in power and judgment, and abundant in justice, He does not afflict.
24 “Therefore, let men fear him. He will not regard any who are wise in their own heart.”
17 Then there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials and talked with me, saying to me, “Come. I will show you the damnation of the great whore who sits upon many waters;
2 with whom the kings of the Earth have committed fornication. And the inhabitants of the Earth are drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
3 So he carried me away into the wilderness, in the Spirit. And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast - full of names of blasphemy - which had seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls; and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead was a name written: “A Mystery. The great Babylon. The mother of whoredoms and abominations of the Earth.”
6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great marvel.
7 Then the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will show you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that bears her which has seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that you have seen was and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit; and shall go into perdition. And those who dwell on the Earth - whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world - shall wonder when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains whereon the woman sits. They are also seven kings.
10 Five are fallen, and one is. And another is not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain.
11 And the beast that was and is not, is also an eighth, as well as one of the seven. And all go into destruction.
12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom but shall receive power as kings for one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind and shall give their power and authority to the beast.
14 These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them. For He is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings; and those who are on His side, called and chosen and faithful.”
15 And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are people and multitudes and nations and tongues.
16 “And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast are those who shall hate the whore; and shall make her desolate and naked; and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 “For God has put in their hearts to fulfill His will, and to give their kingdom to the beast with one consent, until the words of God are fulfilled.
18 And that woman, which you saw, is that great city which reigned over the kings of the Earth.”
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