Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Lord, a Refuge and Defense.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
11 In the Lord 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 have [a](D)set their arrow on 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 The Lord is in His (G)holy temple; the [b]Lord’s (H)throne is in heaven;
His (I)eyes see, His eyelids test the sons of mankind.
5 The Lord (J)tests the righteous and (K)the wicked,
And His soul hates one who loves violence.
6 He will (L)rain [c]coals of fire upon the wicked,
(M)And brimstone and (N)burning wind will be the portion of (O)their cup.
7 For the Lord is (P)righteous, (Q)He loves [d]righteousness;
The upright will (R)see His face.
14 (A)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [a]west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore (B)glorify the Lord in the [b]east,
The (C)name of the Lord, 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]I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (G)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (H)Terror and pit and snare
[e]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [f]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (I)windows [g]above are opened, and the (J)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (K)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (L)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (M)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (N)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (O)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will (P)punish the rebellious [h](Q)angels of [i]heaven on high,
And the (R)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (S)prisoners in the [j]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (T)be punished.
23 Then the (U)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (V)Lord of armies will reign on (W)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
41 Peter said, “Lord, are You telling this parable to us, or (A)to everyone else as well?” 42 And (B)the Lord said, “(C)Who then is the faithful and sensible (D)steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that (E)slave whom his [a]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 will take a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; 46 then the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know, and will [b]cut him in two, and assign [c]him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accordance with his will, will (F)receive many blows, 48 but the one who did not (G)know it, and committed acts deserving of [d]a beating, will receive only a few blows. (H)From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
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