Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 105(A)
1 Give praise to the Lord,(B) proclaim his name;(C)
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him,(D) sing praise to him;(E)
tell of all his wonderful acts.(F)
3 Glory in his holy name;(G)
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face(H) always.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt;(A)
Jacob resided(B) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.(C)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerous(D) for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned(E) to hate his people,
to conspire(F) against his servants.
26 He sent Moses(G) his servant,
and Aaron,(H) whom he had chosen.(I)
16 “Go, assemble the elders(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(B)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen(C) what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt(D) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’(E)
18 “The elders of Israel will listen(F) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,(G) has met(H) with us. Let us take a three-day journey(I) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(J) to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand(K) compels him. 20 So I will stretch out my hand(L) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders(M) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.(N)
21 “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed(O) toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.(P) 22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver(Q) and gold(R) and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder(S) the Egyptians.”(T)
7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back(A) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed,(B) whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth(C) and destroy by the splendor of his coming.(D) 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(E) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(F) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(G) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(H) 11 For this reason God sends them(I) a powerful delusion(J) so that they will believe the lie(K) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(L)
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