Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
He Will Tread Down Our Foes
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Shushan Eduth. A (B)Miktam[a] of David; (C)for instruction; when he (D)strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
60 O God, (E)you have rejected us, (F)broken our defenses;
you have been angry; (G)oh, restore us.
2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
(H)repair its breaches, for it totters.
3 (I)You have made your people see hard things;
(J)you have given us (K)wine to drink that made us stagger.
4 You have set up (L)a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it (M)from the bow.[b] Selah
5 (N)That your (O)beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
6 God has spoken (P)in his holiness:[c]
“With exultation (Q)I will divide up (R)Shechem
and portion out the Vale of (S)Succoth.
7 (T)Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
(U)Ephraim is (V)my helmet;
Judah is my (W)scepter.
8 (X)Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I (Y)cast my shoe;
over (Z)Philistia I shout in triumph.”[d]
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
(AA)Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Have you not (AB)rejected us, O God?
You (AC)do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
11 Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for (AD)vain is the salvation of man!
12 With God we shall (AE)do valiantly;
it is he who will (AF)tread down our foes.
12 [a] Ephraim (A)has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues (B)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (C)falsehood and violence;
(D)they make a covenant with Assyria,
and (E)oil is carried to Egypt.
The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah
2 (F)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 (G)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
(H)He met God[b] at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
(I)the Lord is his memorial name:
6 “So you, (J)by the help of your God, return,
(K)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
7 A merchant, in whose hands are (L)false balances,
he loves (M)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (N)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (O)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (P)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (Q)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
10 (R)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (S)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (T)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(U)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(V)their altars also are like stone heaps
(W)on the furrows of the field.
12 (X)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel (Y)served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (Z)a prophet (AA)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (AB)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (AC)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(AD)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
Rules for Christian Households
18 (A)Wives, submit to your husbands, as (B)is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and (C)do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents (D)in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22 Bondservants, obey (E)in everything those who are your earthly masters,[a] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 (F)Whatever you do, work heartily, (G)as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord (H)you will receive the inheritance as your reward. (I)You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
4 Masters, treat your bondservants[b] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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