Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
We Wept When We Remembered Zion
137 By the (A)rivers of Babylon,
There we sat and also (B)wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the [a](C)willows in the midst of it
We (D)hung our lyres.
3 For there our captors (E)asked us about the words of a song,
And (F)our tormentors asked joyfully, saying,
“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”
4 How can we sing a song of (G)Yahweh
In a foreign land?
5 If I (H)forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand [b]forget her skill.
6 May my (I)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [c](J)exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of (K)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down
(L)To its very foundation.”
8 O daughter of Babylon, you (M)devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who (N)repays you
With [d]the recompense with which you have recompensed us.
9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and (O)dashes your infants
Against the cliff.
Mem
13 What shall I testify about you?
To what (A)shall I equate you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,
O (B)virgin daughter of Zion?
For your [a]destruction is as vast as the sea;
Who can (C)heal you?
Nun
14 Your (D)prophets have beheld for you
Worthless and ineffective visions;
And they have not (E)uncovered your iniquity
So as to [b]return you from captivity,
But they have (F)beheld for you worthless and misleading [c]oracles.
Samekh
15 All who pass along the way
(G)Clap their hands in derision at you;
They (H)hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
‘(I)The perfection of beauty,
(J)The joy of the whole earth’?”
Pe
16 All (K)your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They hiss and (L)gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have (M)swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (N)day for which we have hoped;
We have found it, we have seen it.”
Ayin
17 Yahweh has (O)done what He purposed;
He has completed His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has pulled down (P)without sparing,
And He has caused the enemy to (Q)be glad over you;
He has (R)exalted the [d]might of your adversaries.
Tsadhe
18 Their (S)heart cried out to the Lord,
“O (T)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your (U)tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Let [e]your eyes not be still.
Qoph
19 Arise, cry aloud in the (V)night
At the head of the night watches;
(W)Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the (X)life of your infants
Who are (Y)faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”
Resh
20 See, O Yahweh, and look!
With (Z)whom have You dealt thus?
Should women (AA)eat their [f]offspring,
The infants who were [g]born healthy?
Should (AB)priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Shin
21 On the ground in the streets
Lie (AC)young and old;
My (AD)virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of Your anger;
You have slaughtered, (AE)not sparing.
Tav
Overcoming the World
5 (A)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been [b](B)born of God, and everyone who loves the [c]One who gives new birth (C)loves also the one who has been [d]born of Him. 2 (D)By this we know that (E)we love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments. 3 For (F)this is the love of God, that we (G)keep His commandments; and (H)His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everything that has been [e](I)born of God (J)overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith.
5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who (K)believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
That You May Know
13 (A)These things I have written to you who (B)believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have (C)eternal life. 14 And this is (D)the confidence which we have [a]before Him, that, (E)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, (F)we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother [b]committing a sin not leading to death, (G)he shall ask and [c]God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. (H)There is a sin leading to death; (I)I do not say that he should make request for this. 17 (J)All unrighteousness is sin, and (K)there is a sin not leading to death.
18 (L)We know that (M)no one who has been [d]born of God sins; but He who was [e]begotten of God (N)keeps him, and (O)the evil one does not (P)touch him. 19 (Q)We know that (R)we are of God, and that (S)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And (T)we know that (U)the Son of God has come, and has (V)given us understanding so that we may know (W)Him who is true; and we (X)are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (Y)This is the true God and (Z)eternal life.
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