Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
75 1 The faithful do praise the Name of the Lord, 2 Which shall come to judge at the time appointed: 8 When the wicked shall be put to confusion, and drink of the cup of his wrath. 10 Their pride shall be abated, and the righteous shall be exalted to honor.
To him that excelleth. [a]Destroy not. A Psalm, or song committed to Asaph.
1 We will praise thee, O God, we will praise thee, for thy Name is near: therefore [b]they will declare thy wondrous works.
2 [c]When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: but I will establish the pillars [d]of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
5 Lift not up your [e]horn on high, neither speak with a stiff neck.
6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
7 But God is the judge: he maketh low, and he maketh high.
8 For in the hand of the Lord is a [f]cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drink the dregs thereof.
9 But I will declare forever, and sing praises unto the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I break: but the horns of the [g]righteous shall be exalted.
15 And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Jericho, saw him on the other side, they said, [a]The Spirit of Elijah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meet him, and fell to the ground before him,
16 And said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy [b]master, if so be the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. But he said, [c]Ye shall not send.
17 Yet they were instant upon him, till he was ashamed: wherefore he said, Send. So they sent fifty men, which sought three days, but found him not.
18 Therefore they returned to him, (for he tarried at Jericho) and he said unto them, Did not I say unto you, Go not?
19 ¶ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee: the situation of this city is pleasant, as thou, my lord, seest, but the water is naught, and the ground [d]barren.
20 Then he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And he went unto the spring of the waters, and cast there [e]the salt, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed this water: death shall no more come thereof, neither barrenness to the ground.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he had spoken.
7 [a]Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning: this old commandment is that word, which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 [b]Again, a new commandment I write unto you, that [c]which is true in him: and also in you: for the darkness is past, and that true light now shineth.
9 [d]He that saith that he is in that light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness, until this time.
10 (A)He that loveth his brother, abideth in that light, and there is no occasion of evil in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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