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Season after Pentecost: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Alternate first reading and Psalm

10Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her,

all you that love this city!

Rejoice with her now,

all you that have mourned for her!

11You will enjoy her prosperity,

like a child at its mother's breast.

12The LORD says, “I will bring you lasting prosperity; the wealth of the nations will flow to you like a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her arms, and treated with love. 13I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child. 14When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the LORD, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies.”

Isaiah 66:10-14GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Song of Praise and Thanksgiving

1Praise God with shouts of joy, all people!

2Sing to the glory of his name;

offer him glorious praise!

3Say to God, “How wonderful are the things you do!

Your power is so great

that your enemies bow down in fear before you.

4Everyone on earth worships you;

they sing praises to you,

they sing praises to your name.”

5Come and see what God has done,

his wonderful acts for mankind.

6He changed the sea into dry land;

our ancestors crossed the river on foot.

There we rejoiced because of what he did.

7He rules for ever by his might

and keeps his eyes on the nations.

Let no rebels rise against him.

8Praise our God, all nations;

let your praise be heard.

9He has kept us alive

and has not allowed us to fall.

Psalms 66:1-9GNBOpen in Bible reader
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