Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

105 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.

² Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.

³ Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

⁴ Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;

⁵ Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

⁶ Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He is ever mindful of his covenant,—the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,—

⁹ Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

¹⁰ And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

³⁷ And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.

³⁸ Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.

⁴² For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;

⁴³ And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;

⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

⁴⁵ That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

3 And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

³ and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,

⁴ that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.

⁵ And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

⁶ And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.

⁸ And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.

⁹ And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth:

¹⁴ whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to [the] obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

¹⁶ But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given [us] eternal consolation and good hope by grace,

¹⁷ encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.

3 For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;

² and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith [is] not [the portion] of all.

³ But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.

⁴ But we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do.

⁵ But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.