Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

6 O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

² Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

³ My soul is also sore vexed, but Thou, O Lord, how long?

⁴ Return, O Lord, deliver my soul! O save me for Thy mercies’ sake!

⁵ For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the grave who shall give Thee thanks?

⁶ I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim, I water my couch with my tears.

⁷ Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

⁸ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹ The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

¹⁰ Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sorely vexed; let them turn back and be put to shame suddenly.

26 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

² He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

³ Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. Also his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

⁴ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

⁵ And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

⁶ And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod and among the Philistines.

⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Meunites.

⁸ And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah; and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

¹⁰ Also he built towers in the desert and dug many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains; husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry.

¹¹ Moreover Uzziah had a host of fighting men who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their count by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

¹² The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor was two thousand and six hundred.

¹³ And under their hand was an army, three hundred and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.

¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and jackets of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

¹⁵ And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously helped till he was strong.

¹⁶ But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction; for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

¹⁷ And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, who were valiant men.

¹⁸ And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, “It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from the Lord God.”

¹⁹ Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar.

²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence. Yea, he himself hastened also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death; and he dwelt in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

3 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

² And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered into the temple.

³ He, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

⁴ And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, “Look on us.”

⁵ And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.

⁶ Then Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

⁷ And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

⁸ And leaping up, he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

¹⁰ and they knew that it was he that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.