Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK 2
My Soul Thirsts for God
For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [c](A)pants for You, O God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go along with the throng and [e]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the sound of a (I)shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 (J)Why are you [f](K)in despair, O my soul?
And why are you (L)disturbed within me?
(M)Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
[g]For the [h](N)salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is [i]in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the [j]peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 By day, Yahweh will (S)command His lovingkindness;
And (T)by night, His song will be with me,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.
9 I say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go (W)mourning [k]because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you [l]in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
The salvation of my presence and my God.
13 Now it happened the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening. 14 And Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, so he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?” 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me (A)to inquire of God. 16 When they have a (B)matter, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.” 17 And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good. 18 (C)You will surely wear out, both yourself and [a]these people who are with you, for the [b]task is too heavy for you; (D)you cannot do it alone. 19 Now listen to my voice: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. [c]You be the people’s representative before God, and you (E)bring the matters to God; 20 (F)then warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them (G)the way in which they shall go and the work they shall do. 21 But you shall [d]select (H)excellent men out of all the people, (I)those who fear God, men of truth, those who (J)hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, [e]of hundreds, [f]of fifties, and [g]of tens. 22 And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be (K)that every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and (L)they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to [h]endure, and all [i]these people also will go to [j]their place in peace.”
24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose (M)excellent men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, [k]of hundreds, [l]of fifties, and [m]of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times; (N)the difficult matter they would bring to Moses, but every minor matter they themselves would judge. 27 Then Moses [n](O)let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
15 (A)Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even [a]from envy and strife, but some also [b]from good will; 16 the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the (B)gospel; 17 the former proclaim Christ (C)out of selfish ambition [c]rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me affliction in my (D)chains. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that (E)this will turn out for my salvation (F)through your [d]prayers and the provision of (G)the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according to my (H)earnest expectation and (I)hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with (J)all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be (K)magnified in my body, (L)whether by life or by death.
To Live Is Christ
21 For to me, (M)to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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