Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

How Long, O Yahweh?

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Jehoshaphat Before the Assembly

⁵ Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh before the new court, ⁶ and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, ^(A)are You not God in the heavens? And ^(B)are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You. ⁷ Did You not, O our God, dispossess the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and ^(C)give it to the seed of ^(D)Abraham Your friend forever? ⁸ And they have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying, ⁹ ‘^(E)Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for ^(F)Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’ ¹⁰ So now, behold, ^(G)the sons of Ammon and Moab and ^[a]Mount Seir, ^(H)whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), ¹¹ and behold, they are rewarding us by ^(I)coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have caused us to possess. ¹² O our God, ^(J)will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; and we do not know what we should do, but ^(K)our eyes are on You.”

⁷ You were ^(A)running well; who hindered you from ^[a]obeying the truth? ⁸ This persuasion is not from ^(B)Him who calls you. ^9 (C)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ^10 (D)I have confidence ^[b]in you in the Lord that you ^(E)will adopt no other view. But the one who is ^(F)disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. ¹¹ But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still ^(G)persecuted? Then ^(H)the stumbling block of the cross would have been abolished. ¹² I wish that ^(I)those who are upsetting you would even ^[c](J)mutilate themselves.