Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings
A [a]Contemplation of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.
89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
(B)Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your [a]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one (A)chosen from the people.
20 (B)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 (C)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not [b]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.
12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” (A)So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. 13 And so it was, when (B)those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed (C)oxen and fatted sheep. 14 Then David (D)danced[a] before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing (E)a linen ephod. 15 (F)So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, (G)Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 So (H)they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in (I)its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David (J)offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, (K)he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 (L)Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.
The Son Exalted Above Angels
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:
(A)“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?
And again:
(B)“I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?
6 But when He again brings (C)the firstborn into the world, He says:
(D)“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”
7 And of the angels He says:
(E)“Who makes His angels spirits
And His ministers a flame of fire.”
8 But to the Son He says:
(F)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A [a]scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, (G)has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
10 And:
(H)“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
11 (I)They will perish, but You remain;
And (J)they will all grow old like a garment;
12 Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the (K)same,
And Your years will not fail.”
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said:
(L)“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?
14 (M)Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will (N)inherit salvation?
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.