Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 The Lord is good(C) to all;
he has compassion(D) on all he has made.
10 All your works praise you,(E) Lord;
your faithful people extol(F) you.(G)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom(H)
and speak of your might,(I)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts(J)
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.(K)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,(L)
and your dominion endures through all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy(M) in all he promises(N)
and faithful in all he does.[a]
14 The Lord upholds(O) all who fall
and lifts up all(P) who are bowed down.(Q)
Footnotes
- Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.
Cross references
- Psalm 145:8 : S Ps 86:15; 103:8
- Psalm 145:8 : S Ps 86:5
- Psalm 145:9 : S 1Ch 16:34; S Ps 136:1; Mt 19:17; Mk 10:18
- Psalm 145:9 : Ps 103:13-14
- Psalm 145:10 : S Ps 8:6; S 103:22; S 139:14
- Psalm 145:10 : Ps 30:4; 148:14; 149:9
- Psalm 145:10 : Ps 115:17-18
- Psalm 145:11 : ver 12-13; S Ex 15:2; Mt 6:33
- Psalm 145:11 : Ps 21:13
- Psalm 145:12 : S Ps 75:1; 105:1
- Psalm 145:12 : ver 11; Ps 103:19; Isa 2:10, 19, 21
- Psalm 145:13 : S Ex 15:18; 1Ti 1:17; 2Pe 1:11; Rev 11:15
- Psalm 145:13 : S Dt 7:9; S 1Co 1:9
- Psalm 145:13 : S Jos 23:14
- Psalm 145:14 : S Ps 37:17
- Psalm 145:14 : S 1Sa 2:8; Ps 146:8
- Psalm 145:14 : S Ps 38:6
The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees
4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke(A) me up, like someone awakened from sleep.(B) 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”(C)
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(D) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(E) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees(F) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I replied.(G)
6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(H) ‘Not(I) by might nor by power,(J) but by my Spirit,’(K) says the Lord Almighty.
7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.(L) Then he will bring out the capstone(M) to shouts(N) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”
Cross references
- Zechariah 4:1 : S Da 8:18
- Zechariah 4:1 : Jer 31:26
- Zechariah 4:2 : S Jer 1:13
- Zechariah 4:2 : S Ex 25:31; Rev 1:12
- Zechariah 4:2 : Rev 4:5
- Zechariah 4:3 : ver 11; S Ps 1:3; S Rev 11:4
- Zechariah 4:5 : S Zec 1:9
- Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Ch 3:19; S Ezr 5:2
- Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Sa 13:22; S 1Ki 19:12
- Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Sa 2:9
- Zechariah 4:6 : S Ne 9:20; Isa 11:2-4; S Da 2:34; Hos 1:7
- Zechariah 4:7 : S Ps 26:12; Jer 51:25
- Zechariah 4:7 : S Ps 118:22
- Zechariah 4:7 : S 1Ch 15:28
21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(A) Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
22 “All things have been committed to me by my Father.(B) No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”(C)
23 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”(D)
Cross references
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