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Season after Pentecost: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Alternate first reading and Psalm

God's People will Include All Nations

1The LORD says to his people, “Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you.

Isaiah 56:1GNBOpen in Bible reader

6And the LORD says to those foreigners who become part of his people, who love him and serve him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep his covenant: 7“I will bring you to Zion, my sacred hill, give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.”

8The Sovereign LORD, who has brought his people Israel home from exile, has promised that he will bring still other people to join them.

Isaiah 56:6-8GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Song of Thanksgiving

1God, be merciful to us and bless us;

look on us with kindness,

2so that the whole world may know your will;

so that all nations may know your salvation.

3May the peoples praise you, O God;

may all the peoples praise you!

4May the nations be glad and sing for joy,

because you judge the peoples with justice

and guide every nation on earth.

5May the peoples praise you, O God;

may all the peoples praise you!

6The land has produced its harvest;

God, our God, has blessed us.

7God has blessed us;

may all people everywhere honour him.

Psalms 67:1-7GNBOpen in Bible reader
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