Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ ¶ And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also in the congregation of the saints.

⁶ For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

⁷ God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.

⁸ O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.

⁹ Thou dost rule the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou dost still them.

¹⁰ Thou hast broken Egypt in pieces as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

¹¹ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and its fullness, thou didst found.

¹² Thou hast created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon shall sing in thy name.

¹³ The mighty arm is thine; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴ Thy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵ ¶ Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶ In thy name shall they rejoice each day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength, and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸ For the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹ ¶ Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

²⁰ I have found David my slave; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²² The enemy shall not overcome him, nor the son of iniquity break him down.

²³ But I will break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him.

²⁴ But my truth and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ In the same manner I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶ He shall call me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my saving health.

²⁷ Also I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹ I will also make his seed to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

³¹ if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

³² then I will visit their rebellion with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ Nevertheless I will not take my mercy from him, neither will I falsify my truth.

³⁴ I will not profane my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

³⁶ His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

⁴ ¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.

⁶ Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I do not know how to speak: for I am a child.

⁷ But the LORD said unto me, Do not say, I am a child; for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

⁸ Do not be afraid of their faces; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

⁹ Then the LORD put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

¹⁰ See, I have placed thee in this day over Gentiles and over kingdoms, to root out, and to destroy, and to throw out, and to cast down, to build, and to plant.

⁴ ¶ But those that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of the gospel.

⁵ Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached the Christ unto them.

⁶ And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the signs which he did.

⁷ For many unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of those who were possessed with them, and many paralytics and that were lame were healed.

⁸ And there was great joy in that city.

⁹ But there was a certain man called Simon, who before this in the same city used magic arts and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that he himself was some great one,

¹⁰ to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This is the great virtue of God.

¹¹ And to him they had regard because for a long time he had amazed them with magic arts.

¹² But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹³ Then Simon himself believed also; and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were being done.