Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

131 O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.

² How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob:

³ If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie:

⁴ If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

⁶ Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacle: We will adore in the place where his feet stood.

⁸ Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.

¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep thy covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

¹⁴ This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

¹⁵ Blessing, I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

¹⁶ I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.

¹⁷ There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him will my sanctification flourish.

26 In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.

² Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.

³ The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.

⁴ You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.

⁵ For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.

⁶ The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

²⁵ But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants.

²⁶ For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

²⁷ For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁸ Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.

²⁹ Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is.

³⁰ Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfill that which on your part was wanting towards my service.