Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
75 We will praise You, O God! We will praise You, for Your Name is near! They will declare Your wondrous works.
2 “When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously.
3 “The Earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved; but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
4 “I said to the foolish, ‘Do not be so foolish,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.
5 “‘Do not lift up your horn on High, nor speak with a stiff neck.’”
6 For exaltation is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge. He makes low and He makes high.
8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is foaming. It is fully mixed, and He pours out of the same. Surely, all the wicked of the Earth shall drain and drink the dregs thereof.
9 But I will declare forever and sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 Also, all the horns of the wicked I will break. But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. To him who excels on Neginoth: a Psalm, or song, committed to Asaph
4 Then Mesha, king of Moab, had store of sheep and rendered a hundred thousand rams to the king of Israel, with the wool.
5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Therefore, King Jehoram went out of Samaria in the same season, and counted all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to battle against Moab?” And he answered, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Then he said, “What way shall we go up?” And he answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 So went the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And after they had traveled on the way for seven days, they had no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
10 Therefore the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab!”
11 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a Prophet of the LORD, so that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, and said, “Here is Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
12 Then Jehoshaphat said, “The Word of the LORD is with him.” Therefore, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No. For the LORD has called these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.”
14 Then Elisha said, “As the LORD of Hosts lives, in Whose sight I stand, if it were not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, I would not have looked toward you, nor seen you.
15 “But now, bring me a minstrel.” And when the minstrel played, the Hand of the LORD came upon him.
16 And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’
17 “For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall neither see wind nor see rain. Yet the valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, you and your cattle and your beasts.’
18 “But, this is a small thing in the sight of the LORD. For He will give Moab into your hand.
19 “And you shall strike every strong town, and every chief city, and shall fell every fair tree, and shall stop all the fountains of water and mar every good field with stones.”
20 And in the morning, when the Meat Offering was offered, behold, there came water by the way of Edom. And the country was filled with water.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
7 Therefore, do not be companions with them.
8 For you were once darkness but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
9 For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
10 approving that which is pleasing to the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. But rather, even expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things, when they are exposed by the light, are made visible. For it is light that makes all things visible.
14 Therefore it says, “Awake, you who sleep. And stand up from the dead. And Christ shall shine upon you.”
15 Be mindful, therefore, that you walk carefully - not as fools, but as wise -
16 redeeming the season. For the days are evil.
17 Therefore, be not unwise. But, understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not be drunk with wine (wherein is wastefulness). But, be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to yourselves in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,
20 giving thanks always, for all things, to God, even the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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