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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 65:1-8

Psalm 65[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

1 Praise awaits[b] you, our God, in Zion;(A)
    to you our vows will be fulfilled.(B)
2 You who answer prayer,
    to you all people will come.(C)
3 When we were overwhelmed by sins,(D)
    you forgave[c] our transgressions.(E)
4 Blessed are those you choose(F)
    and bring near(G) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,(H)
    of your holy temple.

5 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,(I)
    God our Savior,(J)
the hope of all the ends of the earth(K)
    and of the farthest seas,(L)
6 who formed the mountains(M) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,(N)
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,(O)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.(P)
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.(Q)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:1 In Hebrew texts 65:1-13 is numbered 65:2-14.
  2. Psalm 65:1 Or befits; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Psalm 65:3 Or made atonement for

Cross references

  1. Psalm 65:1 : Ps 2:6
  2. Psalm 65:1 : S Dt 23:21; Ps 116:18
  3. Psalm 65:2 : Ps 86:9; Isa 66:23
  4. Psalm 65:3 : S Ps 40:12
  5. Psalm 65:3 : Ps 79:9; Ro 3:25; Heb 9:14
  6. Psalm 65:4 : S Ps 33:12
  7. Psalm 65:4 : S Nu 16:5
  8. Psalm 65:4 : S Ps 36:8
  9. Psalm 65:5 : S Dt 4:34; S Ps 45:4; 106:22; Isa 64:3
  10. Psalm 65:5 : Ps 18:46; 68:19; 85:4
  11. Psalm 65:5 : S Ps 48:10
  12. Psalm 65:5 : Ps 107:23
  13. Psalm 65:6 : Am 4:13
  14. Psalm 65:6 : S Ps 18:1; 93:1; Isa 51:9
  15. Psalm 65:7 : Ps 89:9; 93:3-4; 107:29; S Mt 8:26
  16. Psalm 65:7 : Dt 32:41; Ps 2:1; 74:23; 139:20; Isa 17:12-13
  17. Psalm 65:8 : Ps 100:2; 107:22; 126:2; Isa 24:16; 52:9
Psalm 65:9-13

9 You care for the land and water it;(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,(C)
    for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers(D) and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,(E)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(F)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(G)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(H)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks(I)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;(J)
    they shout for joy and sing.(K)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

Cross references

  1. Psalm 65:9 : S Lev 26:4
  2. Psalm 65:9 : Ps 104:24
  3. Psalm 65:9 : S Ge 27:28; S Dt 32:14; Ps 104:14
  4. Psalm 65:10 : S Dt 32:2; S 2Sa 1:21; S Job 36:28; Ac 14:17
  5. Psalm 65:11 : S Dt 28:12; Ps 104:28; Jn 10:10
  6. Psalm 65:11 : Job 36:28; Ps 147:14; Lk 6:38
  7. Psalm 65:12 : S Job 28:26; Joel 2:22
  8. Psalm 65:12 : Ps 98:8
  9. Psalm 65:13 : Ps 144:13; Isa 30:23; Zec 8:12
  10. Psalm 65:13 : Ps 72:16
  11. Psalm 65:13 : Ps 98:8; Isa 14:8; 44:23; 49:13; 55:12
Isaiah 48:1-5

Stubborn Israel

48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel(A)
    and come from the line of Judah,(B)
you who take oaths(C) in the name of the Lord(D)
    and invoke(E) the God of Israel—
    but not in truth(F) or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(G)
    and claim to rely(H) on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(I)
3 I foretold the former things(J) long ago,
    my mouth announced(K) them and I made them known;
    then suddenly(L) I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn(M) you were;
    your neck muscles(N) were iron,
    your forehead(O) was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(P) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(Q)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 48:1 : S Ge 17:5
  2. Isaiah 48:1 : S Ge 29:35
  3. Isaiah 48:1 : S Isa 19:18
  4. Isaiah 48:1 : S 1Sa 20:42; S Isa 43:7
  5. Isaiah 48:1 : Ex 23:13; 2Sa 14:11; Ps 50:16; Isa 58:2; Jer 7:9-10; 44:26
  6. Isaiah 48:1 : Isa 59:14; Jer 4:2; 5:2; Da 8:12; Zec 8:3
  7. Isaiah 48:2 : S Ne 11:1; S Isa 1:26; S Mt 4:5
  8. Isaiah 48:2 : S Isa 10:20; Ro 2:17
  9. Isaiah 48:2 : S Isa 47:4
  10. Isaiah 48:3 : S Isa 41:22
  11. Isaiah 48:3 : S Isa 40:21; 45:21
  12. Isaiah 48:3 : S Isa 17:14; 30:13
  13. Isaiah 48:4 : S Isa 9:9
  14. Isaiah 48:4 : S Ex 32:9; S Dt 9:27; Ac 7:51
  15. Isaiah 48:4 : Eze 3:9
  16. Isaiah 48:5 : S Isa 40:21; S 42:9
  17. Isaiah 48:5 : Jer 44:15-18
Romans 2:12-16

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law(A) will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(B) the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(C) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets(D) through Jesus Christ,(E) as my gospel(F) declares.

Cross references

  1. Romans 2:12 : Ro 3:19; 6:14; 1Co 9:20, 21; Gal 4:21; 5:18; S Ro 7:4
  2. Romans 2:13 : Jas 1:22, 23, 25
  3. Romans 2:14 : Ac 10:35
  4. Romans 2:16 : Ecc 12:14; 1Co 4:5
  5. Romans 2:16 : Ac 10:42
  6. Romans 2:16 : Ro 16:25; 2Ti 2:8
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