Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

116 I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications.

² Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.

³ The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul!”

¹² What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the Lord now, in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant and the son of Thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹ in the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord!

26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

² Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee.

⁴ Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.

¹³ Therefore gird up the loins of your mind; be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ As obedient children, do not fashion yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance,

¹⁵ but as He who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of living,

¹⁶ because it is written: “Be ye holy, for I am holy.”