Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
BOOK IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born(B)
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting(C) you are God.(D)
3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.(F)
5 Yet you sweep people away(G) in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.(H)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.(A)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(B)
or eighty,(C) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(D)
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(E)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath(F) is as great as the fear that is your due.(G)
The End Has Come
7 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel:
“‘The end!(A) The end has come
upon the four corners(B) of the land!
3 The end is now upon you,
and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct(C)
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(D)
4 I will not look on you with pity;(E)
I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’(F)
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Disaster!(G) Unheard-of[a] disaster!
See, it comes!
6 The end(H) has come!
The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you,
upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(I) is near!(J)
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath(K) on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(L)
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.(M)
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.(N)
“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(O)
8 The fourth angel(A) poured out his bowl on the sun,(B) and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.(C) 9 They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,(D) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent(E) and glorify him.(F)
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(G) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(H) People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed(I) the God of heaven(J) because of their pains and their sores,(K) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(L)
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,(M) and its water was dried up to prepare the way(N) for the kings from the East.(O) 13 Then I saw three impure spirits(P) that looked like frogs;(Q) they came out of the mouth of the dragon,(R) out of the mouth of the beast(S) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(T) 14 They are demonic spirits(U) that perform signs,(V) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,(W) to gather them for the battle(X) on the great day(Y) of God Almighty.
15 “Look, I come like a thief!(Z) Blessed is the one who stays awake(AA) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”(AB)
16 Then they gathered the kings together(AC) to the place that in Hebrew(AD) is called Armageddon.(AE)
17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,(AF) and out of the temple(AG) came a loud voice(AH) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”(AI) 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder(AJ) and a severe earthquake.(AK) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,(AL) so tremendous was the quake. 19 The great city(AM) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered(AN) Babylon the Great(AO) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.(AP) 20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.(AQ) 21 From the sky huge hailstones,(AR) each weighing about a hundred pounds,[a] fell on people. And they cursed God(AS) on account of the plague of hail,(AT) because the plague was so terrible.
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