Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

¹ ¶ It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

² To show forth thy mercy in the morning and thy faithfulness every night

³ upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery, upon the harp with a pleasant sound.

⁴ For thou, O LORD, hast made me glad with thy work; I will delight in the works of thy hands.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³ Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and flourishing

¹⁵ to show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

15 ¶ A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

² ¶ The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.

³ ¶ The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding those who are evil and those who are good.

⁴ ¶ The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

⁵ ¶ The fool despises his father’s chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.

⁶ ¶ In the house of the righteous is much provision, but in the fruit of the wicked is trouble.

⁷ ¶ The lips of the wise disperse wisdom, but the heart of the foolish does not so.

⁸ ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

⁹ ¶ The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD, but he loves him that follows after righteousness.

¹³ ¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the others who have no hope.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who sleep in Jesus will God also bring with him.

¹⁵ For this, we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.

¹⁶ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

¹⁷ then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.