Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.

83 O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:

² For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

³ They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:

⁴ They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.

⁵ For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

⁶ The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;

⁷ Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;

⁸ Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

⁹ Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:

¹⁰ Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

¹¹ Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

¹² For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.

¹³ O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.

¹⁴ As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,

¹⁵ So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.

¹⁶ Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

¹⁷ Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:

¹⁸ That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

⁵ And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁶ For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

⁷ Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

⁸ Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? [In] tithes and heave-offerings.

⁹ Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.

¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for it.

¹¹ And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹² And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

2 And he entered again into Capernaum after [several] days, and it was reported that he was at [the] house;

² and straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

³ And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

⁴ and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug [it] up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

⁵ But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].

⁶ But certain of the scribes were there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷ Why does this [man] thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

⁸ And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?

¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,

¹¹ To thee I say, Arise, take up thy couch and go to thine house.

¹² And he rose up straightway, and, having taken up his couch, went out before [them] all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.