Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Yahweh Is in His Holy Temple
For the choir director. Of David.
11 In Yahweh I (A)take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your (B)mountain;
2 For, behold, the wicked (C)bend the bow,
They [a](D)make ready their arrow upon the string
To (E)shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
3 If the (F)foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
4 Yahweh is in His (G)holy temple; [b]Yahweh’s (H)throne is in heaven;
His (I)eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
5 Yahweh (J)tests the righteous,
But (K)the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
6 May He (L)rain [c]snares upon the wicked;
(M)Fire and brimstone and (N)burning wind will be the portion of (O)their cup.
7 For Yahweh is (P)righteous, (Q)He loves [d]righteousness;
The upright will (R)behold His face.
14 (A)They lift up their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [a]west concerning the majesty of Yahweh.
15 Therefore (B)glorify Yahweh in the [b]east,
The (C)name of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
In the [c](D)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (E)ends of the earth we hear songs, “(F)Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “[d](G)I waste away! [e]I waste away! Woe is me!
The (H)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (I)Panic and pit and pitfall
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,
And he who [f]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the pitfall;
For the (J)windows [g]above are opened, and the (K)foundations of the earth quake.
19 (L)The earth is broken asunder;
The earth is (M)split through;
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (N)reels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a [h]shack,
For its (O)transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (P)never to rise again.
21 So it will be in that day,
That Yahweh will (Q)punish the host of heights on high,
And the (R)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (S)prisoners in the [i]pit,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (T)be punished.
23 Then the (U)moon will be humiliated and the sun ashamed,
For (V)Yahweh of hosts will reign on (W)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
41 Now Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or (A)to everyone else as well?” 42 And (B)the Lord said, “(C)Who then is the faithful and prudent (D)steward, whom his master will put in charge of his [a]servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that (E)slave whom his [b]master finds so doing when he comes. 44 Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master [c]will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will (F)receive many beatings, 48 but the one who did not (G)know it, and committed deeds worthy of a beating, will receive but a few. (H)From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
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