Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
118 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!
2 Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever!”
14 The LORD is my strength and song; for He has been my deliverance.
15 The voice of joy and deliverance is in the tabernacles of the righteous. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD has chastened me severely; but He has not delivered me to death.
19 Open the gates of righteousness to me, so that I may go into them and praise the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD. The righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will praise You; for You have heard me and have been my deliverance.
22 The Stone which the builders refused is the Head of the Corner.
23 This was the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes,
24 This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
3 “In my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loved. I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 “I will rise now and go around in the city, by the streets, and by the open places, and will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
3 “The watchmen who went around the city found me. I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
4 “When I had passed a little from them, then I found him whom my soul loved. I took hold of him and did not leave him until I had brought him to my mother’s house, into her chamber who had conceived me.
5 “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the does of the field, that you neither stir up nor awaken my love until she pleases.
6 “Who is she who comes up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense, and with all the spices of the merchant?
7 “Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s! Sixty strong men of the valiant men of Israel are all around it.
8 “They all handle the sword and are expert in war. Everyone has his sword upon his thigh for the fear at night.
9 “King Solomon made himself a palace from the trees of Lebanon.
10 He made its pillars of silver, its pavement of gold, and its hangings of purple, whose midst was paved with the love of the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 “Come forth, you daughters of Zion, and behold the king, Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and on the day of the gladness of his heart!”
16 And when the Sabbath day had passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet ointments so that they might come and anoint Jesus.
2 Therefore, early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, when the Sun was now risen.
3 And they said to each other, “Who shall we have roll away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?”
4 But when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one).
5 So they went into the sepulcher and saw a young man sitting at the right side, clothed in a long white robe. And they were awestruck.
6 But he said to them, “Do not be so troubled. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they put Him.
7 “But go your way, and tell His disciples, and Peter, that He will go before you into Galilee. There you shall see Him, as He said to you.”
8 And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulcher. For they trembled and were amazed. Nor did they say anything to anyone, for they were afraid.
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