Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Tsadhe
137 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
and right are your rules.
138 You have appointed your testimonies in (B)righteousness
and in all (C)faithfulness.
139 My (D)zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.
140 Your promise is well (E)tried,
and your servant (F)loves it.
141 I am small and despised,
yet I do not (G)forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is righteous forever,
and your law is (H)true.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me out,
but your commandments are my (I)delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever;
(J)give me understanding that I may (K)live.
5 “Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Woe to the Chaldeans
6 Shall not all these (D)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
(E)“Woe to him (F)who heaps up what is not his own—
for (G)how long?—
and (H)loads himself with pledges!”
7 (I)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 (J)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(K)for the blood of man and (L)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 (M)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(N)to (O)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(P)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (Q)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
You Are of Your Father the Devil
39 They answered him, (A)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (B)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now (C)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (D)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (E)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (F)one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, (G)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for (H)I came from God and (I)I am here. (J)I came not of my own accord, but (K)he sent me. 43 (L)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (M)bear to hear my word. 44 (N)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (O)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (P)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (Q)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 (R)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. (S)The reason why you do not hear them is that (T)you are not of God.”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.