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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

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Psalm 79

Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(D)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(E)
3 They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(F) the dead.(G)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(H) and derision to those around us.(I)

5 How long,(J) Lord? Will you be angry(K) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(L)
6 Pour out your wrath(M) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge(N) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;(O)
7 for they have devoured(P) Jacob
    and devastated his homeland.

8 Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(Q)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(R)
9 Help us,(S) God our Savior,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
    for your name’s sake.(T)
10 Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(U)

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
    that you avenge(V) the outpoured blood(W) of your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 Pay back into the laps(X) of our neighbors seven times(Y)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(Z)
    will praise you forever;(AA)
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 79:1 : S Ex 34:9
  2. Psalm 79:1 : S Lev 20:3
  3. Psalm 79:1 : S 2Ki 25:9; S Ne 4:2; S Isa 6:11
  4. Psalm 79:2 : Rev 19:17-18
  5. Psalm 79:2 : S Dt 28:26; Jer 7:33
  6. Psalm 79:3 : Jer 25:33; Rev 11:9
  7. Psalm 79:3 : Jer 16:4
  8. Psalm 79:4 : S Ps 39:8; S Eze 5:14
  9. Psalm 79:4 : Ps 44:13; 80:6
  10. Psalm 79:5 : S Ps 74:10
  11. Psalm 79:5 : Ps 74:1; 85:5
  12. Psalm 79:5 : S Dt 29:20; Ps 89:46; Zep 3:8
  13. Psalm 79:6 : S Ps 2:5; 69:24; 110:5; Rev 16:1
  14. Psalm 79:6 : Ps 147:20; Jer 10:25
  15. Psalm 79:6 : S Ps 14:4
  16. Psalm 79:7 : Isa 9:12; Jer 10:25
  17. Psalm 79:8 : S Ge 9:25; Jer 44:21
  18. Psalm 79:8 : Ps 116:6; 142:6
  19. Psalm 79:9 : S 2Ch 14:11
  20. Psalm 79:9 : Ps 25:11; 31:3; Jer 14:7
  21. Psalm 79:10 : S Ps 42:3
  22. Psalm 79:10 : Ps 94:1; S Rev 6:10
  23. Psalm 79:10 : ver 3
  24. Psalm 79:12 : Isa 65:6; Jer 32:18
  25. Psalm 79:12 : S Ge 4:15
  26. Psalm 79:13 : S Ps 74:1
  27. Psalm 79:13 : Ps 44:8
Micah 4:1-5

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

4 In the last days

the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(C)
    and peoples will stream to it.(D)

2 Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(E)
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us(G) his ways,(H)
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(I) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war(L) anymore.(M)
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,(N)
and no one will make them afraid,(O)
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(P)
5 All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
    our God for ever and ever.(R)

Cross references

  1. Micah 4:1 : 4:1-3pp — Isa 2:1-4
  2. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 48:1; Zec 8:3
  3. Micah 4:1 : S Eze 17:22
  4. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 22:27; 86:9; S Jer 3:17; S 31:12; S Da 2:35
  5. Micah 4:2 : S Jer 31:6; S Eze 20:40
  6. Micah 4:2 : Zec 2:11; 14:16
  7. Micah 4:2 : S Ps 119:171
  8. Micah 4:2 : Ps 25:8-9; S Isa 54:13
  9. Micah 4:2 : S Dt 18:18
  10. Micah 4:3 : S Isa 11:4
  11. Micah 4:3 : Joel 3:10; Zec 9:10
  12. Micah 4:3 : S Ps 46:9
  13. Micah 4:3 : Zec 8:20-22
  14. Micah 4:4 : S 1Ki 4:25
  15. Micah 4:4 : S Lev 26:6; S Eze 39:26
  16. Micah 4:4 : S Isa 1:20
  17. Micah 4:5 : 2Ki 17:29; Ac 14:16
  18. Micah 4:5 : Jos 24:14-15; Isa 26:8; Zec 10:12
Revelation 15

Seven Angels With Seven Plagues

15 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign:(A) seven angels(B) with the seven last plagues(C)—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass(D) glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious(E) over the beast(F) and its image(G) and over the number of its name.(H) They held harps(I) given them by God 3 and sang the song of God’s servant(J) Moses(K) and of the Lamb:(L)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(M)
    Lord God Almighty.(N)
Just and true are your ways,(O)
    King of the nations.[a]
4 Who will not fear you, Lord,(P)
    and bring glory to your name?(Q)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(R)
for your righteous acts(S) have been revealed.”[b]

5 After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple(T)—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law(U)—and it was opened.(V) 6 Out of the temple(W) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.(X) They were dressed in clean, shining linen(Y) and wore golden sashes around their chests.(Z) 7 Then one of the four living creatures(AA) gave to the seven angels(AB) seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.(AC) 8 And the temple was filled with smoke(AD) from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple(AE) until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
  2. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

Cross references

  1. Revelation 15:1 : Rev 12:1, 3
  2. Revelation 15:1 : ver 6-8; Rev 16:1; 17:1; 21:9
  3. Revelation 15:1 : Lev 26:21; Rev 9:20
  4. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 4:6
  5. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 12:11
  6. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:1
  7. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:14
  8. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:17
  9. Revelation 15:2 : Rev 5:8; 14:2
  10. Revelation 15:3 : Jos 1:1
  11. Revelation 15:3 : Ex 15:1
  12. Revelation 15:3 : S Rev 5:9
  13. Revelation 15:3 : Ps 111:2
  14. Revelation 15:3 : S Rev 1:8
  15. Revelation 15:3 : Ps 145:17
  16. Revelation 15:4 : Jer 10:7
  17. Revelation 15:4 : Ps 86:9
  18. Revelation 15:4 : Isa 66:23
  19. Revelation 15:4 : Rev 19:8
  20. Revelation 15:5 : Rev 11:19
  21. Revelation 15:5 : Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50
  22. Revelation 15:5 : S Mt 3:16
  23. Revelation 15:6 : Rev 14:15
  24. Revelation 15:6 : S ver 1
  25. Revelation 15:6 : Eze 9:2; Da 10:5
  26. Revelation 15:6 : Rev 1:13
  27. Revelation 15:7 : S Rev 4:6
  28. Revelation 15:7 : S ver 1
  29. Revelation 15:7 : S Rev 1:18
  30. Revelation 15:8 : Isa 6:4
  31. Revelation 15:8 : Ex 40:34, 35; 1Ki 8:10, 11; 2Ch 5:13, 14
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