Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Lead Me in Your Truth

Of David.

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He / Vav

Zayin

Heth

Teth

Yodh

Kaph

¹⁵ “So now, O Lord our God, who have ^(A)brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and have ^(B)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned; we have acted wickedly. ¹⁶ O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteousness, let now Your ^(C)anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ^(D)holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a ^(E)reproach to all those around us. ¹⁷ So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplications, and for ^[a]Your sake, O Lord, ^(F)let Your face shine on Your ^(G)desolate sanctuary. ¹⁸ O my God, ^(H)incline Your ear and listen! Open Your eyes and ^(I)see our desolations and the city which is ^(J)called by Your name; for we are not ^[b](K)presenting our supplications before You on account of any righteousness of our own, but on account of Your abundant compassion. ¹⁹ O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, ^(L)do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Gabriel Brings Understanding

²⁰ Now while I was ^(M)speaking and praying, and ^(N)confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and ^[c]presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, ²¹ and while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man ^(O)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision ^[d]previously, ^[e]touched me ^[f]in my extreme weariness about the time of the ^(P)evening offering. ²² Then he made me understand and spoke with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with ^(Q)understanding. ²³ At the ^(R)beginning of your supplications the word was issued, so I have come to tell you, for you are ^[g](S)highly esteemed; so understand the message and gain ^(T)understanding in what has appeared.

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

²⁴ “Seventy ^[h](U)weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city, to ^[i]finish the transgression, to ^[j]make an end of sin, to ^(V)make atonement for iniquity, to bring in ^(W)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and ^[k]prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies. ²⁵ So you are to know and have insight that from the going out of a ^[l](X)word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until ^[m](Y)Messiah the ^(Z)Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be restored and rebuilt, with ^[n]plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

Preach the Word

4 ^(A)I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to ^(B)judge the living and the dead, and by His ^(C)appearing and His kingdom: ² preach ^(D)the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(E)reprove, rebuke, exhort, with ^[a]great ^(F)patience and teaching. ³ For ^(G)the time will come when they will not endure ^(H)sound doctrine, but wanting to have ^[b]their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, ⁴ and ^(I)will turn away their ears from the truth and ^(J)will turn aside to myths.

⁵ But you, ^(K)be sober in all things, ^(L)endure hardship, do the work of an ^(M)evangelist, fulfill your ^(N)ministry.