Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The King Trusts in Yahweh
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
21 O Yahweh, in Your strength the king will (A)be glad,
And in Your [a]salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2 You have (B)given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. [b]Selah.
3 For You (C)meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a (D)crown of fine gold on his head.
4 He asked life of You,
You (E)gave it to him,
(F)Length of days forever and ever.
5 His (G)glory is great through Your [c]salvation,
(H)Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.
6 For You make him [d]most (I)blessed forever;
You make him joyful (J)with gladness in Your presence.
7 For the king (K)trusts in Yahweh,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High (L)he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will (M)find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them (N)as a fiery oven in the time of your [e]anger;
Yahweh will (O)swallow them up in His wrath,
And (P)fire will devour them.
10 Their [f]offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their (Q)seed from among the sons of men.
11 Though they [g](R)intended evil against You
And (S)devised a scheme,
They will not succeed.
12 For You will (T)make them turn their back;
You will [h]aim (U)with Your bowstrings at their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength;
We will (V)sing and praise Your might.
14 Do not fear, you (A)worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “[a]and (B)your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
(C)You will thresh the (D)mountains and pulverize them,
And will make the hills like chaff.
16 You will (E)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will (F)rejoice in Yahweh;
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “The [b]afflicted and needy are seeking (G)water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, Yahweh, (H)will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I (I)will not forsake them.
18 I will open (J)rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make (K)the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the (L)myrtle and the [c]olive tree;
I will place the (M)juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
20 That (N)they may see and know,
And establish and gain insight as well,
That the (O)hand of Yahweh has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Paul’s Ministry Plans
14 But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of (A)goodness, having been filled with (B)all knowledge and being able also to admonish one another. 15 But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of (C)the grace that was given me [a]by God 16 for me to be (D)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the (E)gospel of God, so that my (F)offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have (G)reason for boasting in (H)things pertaining to God. 18 For I will not be bold to speak of anything [b]except what (I)Christ has brought about through me, [c]leading to the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, 19 in the power of [d](J)signs and wonders, (K)in the power of the Spirit; so that (L)from Jerusalem and all around as (M)far as Illyricum I have [e]fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And in this way I make it my ambition to (N)proclaim the gospel, not where Christ was already named, (O)so that I would not build on another man’s foundation; 21 but as it is written,
“(P)They who had no declaration of Him shall see,
And they who have not heard shall understand.”
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