Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 How (A)numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
[a]In (B)wisdom You have made them all;
The (C)earth is full of Your [b]possessions.
25 This is the (D)sea, great and [c]broad,
There the creeping things are without number,
Creatures both small and great.
26 There the (E)ships move along,
And [d](F)Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
27 They all (G)wait for You
To (H)give them their food in [e]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (I)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You (J)hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You (K)take away their [f]spirit, they breathe their last
And (L)return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your [g](M)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.
31 Let the (N)glory of Yahweh endure forever;
Let Yahweh (O)be glad in His works;
32 [h]He (P)looks at the earth, and it (Q)trembles;
He (R)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 [i]I will sing to Yahweh (S)throughout my life;
[j]I will (T)sing praise to my God [k]while I have my being.
34 Let my (U)musing be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall (V)be glad in Yahweh.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(A)Quake, you complacent daughters;
(B)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (C)Beat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (D)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,
Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the (E)exultant city.
14 Because (F)the palace has been abandoned, the [a]populated (G)city forsaken.
[b]Hill and watchtower have become (H)caves forever,
A joy for (I)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (J)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (K)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.
16 Then (L)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.
17 And the (M)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (N)quietness and security forever.
Walk by the Spirit
16 But I say, (A)walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out (B)the desire of the flesh. 17 For (C)the flesh [a]sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, (D)so that you do not do the things that you want. 18 But if you are (E)led by the Spirit, (F)you are not under the Law. 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: (G)sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, (H)sorcery, enmities, (I)strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, (J)selfish ambition, dissensions, [b](K)factions, 21 envying, (L)drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not (M)inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But (N)the fruit of the Spirit is (O)love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, (P)self-control. Against such things (Q)there is no law. 24 Now those who [c]belong to (R)Christ Jesus (S)crucified the flesh with its passions and (T)desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also [d]walk in step with (U)the Spirit.
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