Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Blessed is he that understands regarding the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

² The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth, and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

³ The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou wilt soften all his bed in his sickness.

⁴ I said, LORD, be merciful unto me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁵ ¶ My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die and his name perish?

⁶ And if he came to see me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and when he goes out, he tells it.

⁷ All that hate me congregate together and murmur against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

⁸ A disease of Belial, they say, cleaves fast unto him, and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

⁹ Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may requite them.

¹¹ In this I shall know that I have pleased thee, that my enemy does not triumph over me.

¹² And as for me, thou sustained me in my integrity and hast seated me before thy face for ever.

¹³ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

38 ¶ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live.

² Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD,

³ And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

⁴ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

⁵ Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer; I have seen thy tears behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

⁶ And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

⁷ And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken:

⁸ Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

⁷ If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?

⁸ But if ye are without chastisement, of which all the sons are partakers, then ye are bastards, and not sons.

⁹ Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; is it not much better to be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?

¹⁰ For they verily for a few days chastened us as it seemed good unto them, but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹ It is true that no chastening at present seems to be cause for joy, but rather for grief; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto those who are exercised by it.

¹² Therefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

¹³ and make straight steps unto your feet, so that which is lame will not turn out of the way, but let it rather be healed.