Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
135 Praise ye the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord! Praise Him, O ye servants of the Lord!
2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,
3 praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant.
4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob for Himself, and Israel for His peculiar treasure.
5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deep places.
7 He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth the wind out of His treasuries.
8 He smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 He sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants.
10 He smote great nations, and slew mighty kings:
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;
12 and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people.
13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever, and Thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.
14 For the Lord will judge His people, and He will repent Himself concerning His servants.
15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17 they have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel! Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron!
20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi! Ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem! Praise ye the Lord!
12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
13 “Son of man, when the land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out Mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it.
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts,
16 though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ so that I cut off man and beast from it,
18 though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury upon it in blood to cut off from it man and beast,
20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter. They shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
21 “For thus saith the Lord God: How much more when I send My four sore judgments upon Jerusalem — the sword and the famine and the noisome beast and the pestilence — to cut off from it man and beast?
22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.”
24 And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet.
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, “Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast it unto the dogs.”
28 And she answered and said unto Him, “Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”
29 And He said unto her, “For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.”
30 And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
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