Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm of David.

29 Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

² Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.

³ The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth,—Jehovah upon great waters.

⁴ The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

⁶ And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.

⁷ The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

¹⁰ Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.

¹¹ Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

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.

9 But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

² and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.

³ But as he was journeying, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,

⁴ and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest.

⁶ But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁷ But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.

⁸ And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading [him] by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

⁹ And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.