Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
O God, Restore Us
For the choir director. [a]El Shoshannim. [b]Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
80 O (A)Shepherd of Israel, give ear,
You who guide (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (D)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, (E)stir up Your might
And come to save us!
3 O God, (F)restore us
And (G)cause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved.
4 O (H)Yahweh God of hosts,
(I)How long will You [c]smolder against the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in [d]large measure.
6 You set us as [e]an object of strife (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies mock us among themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.
10 Sing to Yahweh a (A)new song,
Sing His praise from the (B)end of the earth!
(C)You who go down to the sea, (D)as well as its fullness.
You (E)coastlands, and those who inhabit them.
11 Let the (F)wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The villages where (G)Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of (H)Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the (I)mountains.
12 Let them (J)give glory to Yahweh
And declare His praise in the (K)coastlands.
13 (L)Yahweh will go forth like a warrior;
He will awaken His (M)zeal like a man of war.
He will make a loud shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will (N)prevail against His enemies.
Israel’s Blindness and Deafness
14 “(O)I have kept silent for a long time;
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan;
I will both gasp and pant.
15 I will (P)lay waste the mountains and hills
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will (Q)make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the pools of waters.
16 I will (R)lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will (S)make darkness into light before them
And (T)rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (U)not forsake them.”
17 They will be turned back and be (V)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”
18 (W)Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
32 But remember (A)the former days, [a]when, after being (B)enlightened, you endured a great (C)conflict of sufferings, 33 partly by being (D)made a public spectacle through reproaches and afflictions, and partly by becoming (E)sharers with those who were so treated. 34 For you also (F)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with (G)joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves (H)a better and lasting possession. 35 Therefore, do not throw away that (I)confidence of yours, which has a great (J)reward. 36 For you have need of (K)endurance, so that when you have (L)done the will of God, you may (M)receive the promise.
37 (N)For yet in a very little while,
(O)He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38 (P)But My righteous one shall live by faith,
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But [b]we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the [c]preserving of the soul.
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