Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
139 Lord, You have (A)searched me and known me.
2 You (B)know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I get up;
You (C)understand my thought from far away.
3 You [c](D)scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, Lord, You (E)know it all.
5 You have (F)encircled me behind and in front,
And (G)placed Your hand upon me.
6 Such (H)knowledge is (I)too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.
13 For You (A)created my innermost parts;
You (B)wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, because [a]I am awesomely and wonderfully made;
(C)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My [b](D)frame was not hidden from You
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully formed in the (E)depths of the earth;
16 Your (F)eyes have seen my formless substance;
And in (G)Your book were written
All the (H)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
God Will Restore Them
14 “(A)Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who (B)brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ 15 but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the (C)land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, I am going to send for many (D)fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will (E)hunt them (F)from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. 17 (G)For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, (H)nor is their wrongdoing concealed from My eyes. 18 I will first repay them (I)double for their wrongdoing and their sin, because they have (J)defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their (K)detestable idols and their abominations.”
19 Lord, my (L)strength and my stronghold,
And my (M)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (N)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (O)falsehood,
Futility, and [a](P)things of no benefit.”
20 Can a person make gods for himself?
But they are (Q)not gods!
21 “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—
This time I will (R)make them know
My [b]power and My might;
And they will (S)know that My name is the Lord.”
The Deceitful Heart
17 The (T)sin of Judah is written with an (U)iron stylus;
With a diamond point it is (V)engraved on the tablet of their hearts
And on the horns of [c]their altars,
2 As they remember their (W)children,
So they remember their altars and their [d](X)Asherim
By (Y)green trees on the high hills.
3 (Z)Mountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will (AA)turn over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.
4 And you will, even of yourself, (AB)let go of your inheritance
That I gave you;
And I will make you serve your (AC)enemies
In the (AD)land which you do not know;
For you have (AE)kindled a fire in My anger
Which will burn forever.
7 (A)As to all my affairs, (B)Tychicus, our (C)beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information. 8 (D)For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may (E)encourage your hearts; 9 [a]and with him is (F)Onesimus, our faithful and (G)beloved brother, (H)who is one of your own. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
10 (I)Aristarchus, my (J)fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also (K)Barnabas’ cousin Mark (about whom you received [b]instructions; (L)if he comes to you, welcome him); 11 and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only (M)fellow workers for the kingdom of God (N)who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me. 12 (O)Epaphras, (P)who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always (Q)striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may [c]stand [d](R)mature and [e]fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I testify for him that he has [f]a deep concern for you and for those who are in (S)Laodicea and Hierapolis. 14 (T)Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and (U)Demas does also. 15 Greet the brothers and sisters who are in (V)Laodicea and also [g]Nympha and (W)the church that is in [h]her house. 16 (X)When [i]this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part, (Y)read [j]my letter that is coming from (Z)Laodicea. 17 Tell (AA)Archippus, “See to the (AB)ministry which you have received in the Lord, so that you may [k]fulfill it.”
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