Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Give Heed to My Cry
A [a]Maskil of David. When he was [b]in the cave. A Prayer.
142 With my voice to Yahweh, I (A)cry aloud;
With my voice to Yahweh, I (B)make supplication.
2 I (C)pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my (D)distress before Him.
3 When (E)my spirit [c]was faint within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have (F)hidden a trap for me.
4 Look to the right and see;
That there is (G)no one who regards me;
(H)A way of escape has been destroyed from me;
(I)No one cares for my soul.
5 I cried out to You, O Yahweh;
I said, “You are (J)my refuge,
My (K)portion in the (L)land of the living.
6 (M)Give heed to my cry of lamentation,
For I am (N)brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are too (O)strong for me.
7 (P)Bring my soul out of prison,
To give thanks to Your name;
The righteous will encircle me,
For You will (Q)deal bountifully with me.”
Yet I Will Exalt in Yahweh
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to [a]Shigionoth.
2 O Yahweh, I have (A)heard [b]the report about You, and [c]I (B)fear.
O Yahweh, (C)revive (D)Your work in the midst of the years;
In the midst of the years make it known;
In rage remember (E)compassion.
3 God comes from (F)Teman,
And the Holy One from Mount (G)Paran. Selah.
His (H)splendor covers the heavens,
And the (I)earth is full of His praise.
4 His (J)brightness is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His (K)strength.
5 Before Him goes (L)pestilence,
And (M)plague comes [d]after Him.
6 He stood and [e]measured out the earth;
He looked and (N)startled the nations.
So the perpetual mountains were shattered;
The ancient hills [f]collapsed.
His ways are (O)everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan under (P)wickedness;
The tent curtains of the land of (Q)Midian were trembling.
8 Did Yahweh’s fury burn against the (R)rivers,
Or was Your anger against the rivers,
Or was Your wrath against the (S)sea,
That You (T)rode on Your horses,
On Your (U)chariots of salvation?
9 Your (V)bow was made bare;
Rods were sworn unto battle by word. Selah.
You (W)split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw You and writhed;
The downpour of waters passed by.
The deep (X)gave forth its voice;
It lifted high its hands.
11 (Y)Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;
They went away at the (Z)light of Your arrows,
At the brightness of Your flashing spear.
12 In indignation You (AA)marched through the earth;
In anger You [g](AB)trampled the nations.
13 You went forth for the (AC)salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your (AD)anointed.
You crushed the (AE)head of the house of the wicked
To lay him bare from [h]thigh to neck. Selah.
14 You pierced with his (AF)own sharpened rods
The head of his [i]throngs.
They (AG)stormed in to scatter [j]us;
Their exultation was like those
Who (AH)devour the afflicted in secret.
15 You (AI)tread on the sea with Your horses,
On the (AJ)surge of many waters.
5 Now I want to (A)remind you, though (B)you know all things, that [a]Jesus, (C)having once saved a people out of the land of Egypt, [b]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And (D)angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has (E)kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as (F)Sodom and Gomorrah and the (G)cities around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having (H)gone after [c]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [d](I)example in undergoing the (J)punishment of eternal fire.
8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, (K)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme [e]glorious ones. 9 But (L)Michael (M)the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about (N)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, “(O)The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But (P)these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and (Q)the things which they know by instinct, (R)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are [f]destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone (S)the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into (T)the error of Balaam, and (U)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the men who are [g]hidden reefs (V)in your love feasts when they feast with you (W)without fear, caring for themselves; (X)clouds without water, (Y)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [h]doubly dead, (Z)uprooted; 13 (AA)wild waves of the sea, casting up (AB)their own [i]shame like foam; wandering stars, (AC)for whom the [j]black darkness has been reserved forever.
14 But (AD)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, “(AE)Behold, the Lord came with [k]many thousands of His holy ones, 15 (AF)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which (AG)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 16 These are (AH)grumblers, finding fault, (AI)following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks (AJ)arrogantly, [l]flattering people (AK)for the sake of their own benefit.
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
17 But you, (AL)beloved, (AM)must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by (AN)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “(AO)In the last time there will be mockers, (AP)following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, [m](AQ)worldly-minded, not having the Spirit. 20 But you, (AR)beloved, (AS)building yourselves up on your most holy (AT)faith, (AU)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (AV)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
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