Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

139 O LORD, You have searched me and known.

² You know my sitting and my rising. You understand my thoughts afar off.

³ You winnow my paths, and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue but that You know it wholly, O LORD.

⁵ You fortify me behind and before and lay Your hand upon me.

⁶ Your knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is so high that I cannot attain to it.

⁷ Where shall I go from Your Spirit; or where shall I flee from Your presence?

⁸ If I ascend into Heaven, You are there. If I lie down in Hell, You are there.

⁹ Let me take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea.

¹⁰ Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness shall hide me,” even the night shall be light around me.

¹² Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and light are both alike.

²³ Try me, O God, and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts

²⁴ and consider if there is any way of wickedness in me. And lead me in the Way, forever. To him who excels: A Psalm of David

44 “But hear now, O Jacob, My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

² “Thus says the LORD, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you righteous whom I have chosen.

³ ‘For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your buds.

⁴ ‘And they shall grow, as among the grass, as the willows by the rivers of waters.’

⁵ “One shall say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’ Another shall be called by the name of Jacob. And another shall write to the LORD with his hand, and name himself by the name of Israel.

2 Therefore we ought to diligently pay attention to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we drift away.

² For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,

³ how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation (which at first began to be preached by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him;

⁴ God bearing witness to it both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will)?

⁵ For He has not put the world to come (whereof we speak) in subjection to the angels.

⁶ But one in a certain place witnessed, saying, “What is man that You should be mindful of him; or the son of man that You would consider him?

⁷ “You made him a little inferior to the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and have set him above the works of Your Hands.

⁸ “You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” And in that He has put all things in subjection under him, He left nothing that should not be subject to him. But we still do not see all things subjected to him.

⁹ But we see Jesus, who was made little inferior to the angels, crowned with glory and honor through the suffering of death. That by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone.