Book of Common Prayer

Praise the Name of the Lord

Sing to the Lord a New Song

Let Everything Praise the Lord

Tremble at the Presence of the Lord

To Your Name Give Glory

⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. ⁵¹ Then David ran and stood over the Philistine ^(A)and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, ^(B)they fled. ⁵² And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath^[a] and the gates of ^(C)Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from ^(D)Shaaraim as far as ^(E)Gath and Ekron. ⁵³ And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. ⁵⁴ And David took ^(F)the head of the Philistine ^(G)and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.

⁵⁵ As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, ^(H)the commander of the army, “Abner, ^(I)whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, ^(J)“As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.” ⁵⁶ And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.” ⁵⁷ And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul ^(K)with the head of the Philistine in his hand. ⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, ^(L)“I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

David and Jonathan's Friendship

18 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan ^(M)loved him as his own soul. ² And Saul took him that day ^(N)and would not let him return to his father's house. ³ Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^(O)he loved him as his own soul. ⁴ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

⁴ For ^(A)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.^[a]

The Message of Salvation to All

⁵ For ^(B)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ^(C)the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ⁶ But ^(D)the righteousness based on faith says, ^(E)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷ “or ‘Who will descend into the ^(F)abyss?’” (that is, ^(G)to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸ But what does it say? ^(H)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); ⁹ because, if ^(I)you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and ^(J)believe in your heart ^(K)that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, ^(L)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ^12 (M)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; ^(N)for the same Lord is Lord of all, ^(O)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³ For ^(P)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

¹⁴ How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^(Q)of whom they have never heard?^[b] And how are they to hear ^(R)without someone preaching? ¹⁵ And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^(S)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” ¹⁶ But ^(T)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ^(U)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” ¹⁷ So ^(V)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

^29 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰ saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^(B)sons of those who murdered the prophets. ^32 (C)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³ You serpents, ^(D)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(E)hell? ^34 (F)Therefore ^(G)I send you ^(H)prophets and wise men and ^(I)scribes, ^(J)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(K)some you will ^(L)flog in your synagogues and ^(M)persecute from town to town, ³⁵ so that on you may come all ^(N)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(O)Abel to the blood of ^(P)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(Q)the sanctuary and ^(R)the altar. ³⁶ Truly, I say to you, ^(S)all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

^37 (T)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(U)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^(V)gathered ^(W)your children together ^(X)as a hen gathers her brood ^(Y)under her wings, and ^(Z)you were not willing! ³⁸ See, ^(AA)your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹ For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ^(AB)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”