Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

149 Praise ye Jah! Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, His praise in an assembly of saints.

² Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king.

³ They praise His name in a dance, With timbrel and harp sing praise to Him.

⁴ For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.

⁵ Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds.

⁶ The exaltation of God [is] in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand.

⁷ To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples.

⁸ To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,

⁹ To do among them the judgment written, An honour it [is] for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!

²¹ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'

²² And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

²³ they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'

²⁴ And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, `Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'

²⁵ and Moses saith, `Thou also dost give in our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we have prepared for Jehovah our God;

²⁶ and also our cattle doth go with us, there is not left a hoof, for from it we do take to serve Jehovah our God; and we -- we know not how we do serve Jehovah till our going thither.'

²⁷ And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away;

²⁸ and Pharaoh saith to him, `Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;'

²⁹ and Moses saith, `Rightly hast thou spoken, I add not any more to see thy face.'

¹⁵ and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

¹⁶ But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

¹⁷ so then the faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

¹⁸ but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed -- `to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'

¹⁹ But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

²⁰ and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

²¹ and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'