Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 67[a]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us—[b](A)
2 so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation(B) among all nations.(C)
3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.(D)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,(E)
for you rule the peoples with equity(F)
and guide the nations of the earth.(G)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.
6 The land yields its harvest;(H)
God, our God, blesses us.(I)
7 May God bless us still,
so that all the ends of the earth(J) will fear him.(K)
Footnotes
- Psalm 67:1 In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.
- Psalm 67:1 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.
Cross references
- Psalm 67:1 : Nu 6:24-26
- Psalm 67:2 : Isa 40:5; 52:10; 62:1
- Psalm 67:2 : Ps 98:2; Isa 62:2; Ac 10:35; Tit 2:11
- Psalm 67:3 : ver 5
- Psalm 67:4 : Ps 100:1-2
- Psalm 67:4 : S Ps 9:4; 96:10-13
- Psalm 67:4 : Ps 68:32
- Psalm 67:6 : S Ge 8:22; S Lev 26:4; Ps 85:12; Isa 55:10; Eze 34:27; Zec 8:12
- Psalm 67:6 : S Ge 12:2
- Psalm 67:7 : S Ps 2:8
- Psalm 67:7 : Ps 33:8
20 “Gather together(A) and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(B) are those who carry(C) about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.(D)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(E) this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?(F)
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,(G)
a righteous God(H) and a Savior;(I)
there is none but me.
22 “Turn(J) to me and be saved,(K)
all you ends of the earth;(L)
for I am God, and there is no other.(M)
23 By myself I have sworn,(N)
my mouth has uttered in all integrity(O)
a word that will not be revoked:(P)
Before me every knee will bow;(Q)
by me every tongue will swear.(R)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance(S) and strength.(T)’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.(U)
25 But all the descendants(V) of Israel
will find deliverance(W) in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.(X)
Cross references
- Isaiah 45:20 : S Isa 43:9
- Isaiah 45:20 : S Isa 44:19
- Isaiah 45:20 : Ps 115:7; Isa 46:1; Jer 10:5
- Isaiah 45:20 : Dt 32:37; S Isa 44:17; Jer 1:16; 2:28
- Isaiah 45:21 : S Isa 41:22
- Isaiah 45:21 : Isa 46:10
- Isaiah 45:21 : ver 5; S Ps 46:10; Isa 46:9; Mk 12:32
- Isaiah 45:21 : Ps 11:7
- Isaiah 45:21 : S Ps 3:8; S Isa 25:9
- Isaiah 45:22 : S Isa 44:22; Zec 12:10
- Isaiah 45:22 : Nu 21:8-9; S 2Ch 20:12
- Isaiah 45:22 : S Ge 49:10; S Isa 11:9, 12; 49:6, 12
- Isaiah 45:22 : Hos 13:4
- Isaiah 45:23 : S Ge 22:16; S Isa 14:24
- Isaiah 45:23 : S Dt 30:11; Heb 6:13
- Isaiah 45:23 : Isa 55:11
- Isaiah 45:23 : S ver 14
- Isaiah 45:23 : S Ps 63:11; S Isa 19:18; Ro 14:11*; Php 2:10-11
- Isaiah 45:24 : S ver 8; Jer 33:16
- Isaiah 45:24 : S Dt 33:29; S Ps 18:39; S Isa 40:26; 63:1
- Isaiah 45:24 : S Isa 41:11
- Isaiah 45:25 : S ver 19
- Isaiah 45:25 : S Isa 4:3; S 49:4
- Isaiah 45:25 : S Isa 24:23; S 41:16
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]
Footnotes
- Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
- 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
- Revelation 15:1 : Rev 12:1, 3
- Revelation 15:1 : ver 6-8; Rev 16:1; 17:1; 21:9
- Revelation 15:1 : Lev 26:21; Rev 9:20
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 4:6
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 12:11
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:1
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:14
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 13:17
- Revelation 15:2 : Rev 5:8; 14:2
- Revelation 15:3 : Jos 1:1
- Revelation 15:3 : Ex 15:1
- Revelation 15:3 : S Rev 5:9
- Revelation 15:3 : Ps 111:2
- Revelation 15:3 : S Rev 1:8
- Revelation 15:3 : Ps 145:17
- Revelation 15:4 : Jer 10:7
- Revelation 15:4 : Ps 86:9
- Revelation 15:4 : Isa 66:23
- Revelation 15:4 : Rev 19:8
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