3 YEAR SERIES A | TIME OF CHRISTMAS | EPIPHANY
| First (Old Testament) Reading | Isaiah 49:1–7 |
| Psalm | Psalm 40:1–11 |
| Epistle | 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 |
| Gospel | John 1:29–42a |
Isaiah 49:1–7
Psalm 40:1–11
TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID.
1 I waited patiently for Yahweh;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in Yahweh.
4 Blessed is the man who makes
Yahweh his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Yahweh my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.
6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Yahweh.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Yahweh, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
1 Corinthians 1:1–9
John 1:29–42a
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