Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
O God, Do Not Forsake Me
71 (A)In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2 (B)In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
(C)Incline Your ear to me and save me.
3 (D)Be to me a rock of (E)habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the (F)command to save me,
For You are (G)my [a]rock and my fortress.
4 (H)Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the [b]grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,
5 For You are my (I)hope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my (J)trust from my youth.
6 [c]By You I have been (K)sustained from my birth;
You are He who (L)took me from my mother’s womb;
My (M)praise is continually [d]of You.
20 (A)For what purpose does (B)frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the [a](C)sweet cane from a distant land?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”
21 Therefore, thus says Yahweh,
“Behold, (E)I am [b]laying stumbling blocks before this people.
And they will stumble against them,
(F)Fathers and sons together;
Neighbor and [c]friend will perish.”
Mourn the Coming Destroyer
22 Thus says Yahweh,
“Behold, (G)a people is coming from the land of the north,
And a great nation will be aroused from the (H)remote parts of the earth.
23 They take hold of (I)bow and spear;
They are (J)cruel and have no compassion;
Their voice (K)roars like the sea,
And they ride on horses,
Arranged as a man for the battle
Against you, O daughter of Zion!”
24 We have (L)heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
(M)Distress has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.
25 (N)Do not go out into the field
And (O)do not walk on the road,
For the enemy has a sword;
(P)Terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, (Q)gird yourself with sackcloth
And (R)roll in ashes;
[d](S)Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
27 “I have (T)made you a tester of metals and [e]an assayer among My people,
That you may know and test their way.”
28 All of them are rebelliously stubborn,
(U)Going about as a slanderer.
They are (V)bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow fiercely;
The lead [f]is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the (W)evil ones are not [g]separated.
30 (X)They call them rejected silver
Because (Y)Yahweh has rejected them.
Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
17 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to (A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And (B)according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three (C)Sabbaths reasoned with them from (D)the Scriptures, 3 [a]explaining and setting before them that the [b]Christ (E)had to suffer and (F)rise again from the dead, and saying, “(G)This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is that [c]Christ.” 4 (H)And some of them were persuaded and joined (I)Paul and Silas, [d]along with a great multitude of the (J)God-fearing (K)Greeks and not a few of the (L)leading women. 5 But (M)the Jews, becoming jealous, taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, set the city in an uproar. And attacking the house of (N)Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly. 6 And when they did not find them, they began (O)dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset [e](P)the world have come here also; 7 [f]and Jason (Q)has welcomed them, and they all act (R)contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” 8 And they disturbed the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things. 9 And when they had received the bond from (S)Jason and the others, they released them.
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