Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

85 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land. You have brought back the captives of Jacob.

² You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins. Selah.

⁸ I will listen to what the LORD God will say. For He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints, so that they do not turn again to folly.

⁹ Surely, His salvation is near to those who fear Him, so that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth shall meet, righteousness and peace shall kiss.

¹¹ Truth shall bud out of the Earth and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

¹² Indeed, the LORD shall give good things and our land shall give her increase.

¹³ Righteousness shall go before Him and shall set her steps in the way. A prayer of David

⁴ Then the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you and ordained you to be a Prophet to the nations.”

⁶ Then I said, “Oh, LORD God. Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.”

⁷ But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a child’. For you shall go to all that I shall send you. And whatever I Command you, you shall speak.

⁸ “Do not be afraid of their faces. For I am with you, to deliver you,” said the LORD.

⁹ Then the LORD stretched out His Hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put My Words in your mouth.

¹⁰ “Behold, this day I have set you over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to root out, and to destroy, and throw down, to build, and to plant.”

¹⁹ And those who were scattered because of the affliction which arose about Stephen, passed through until they came to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the Word to no one except the Jews.

²⁰ Now some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come into Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, and preached the Lord Jesus.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²² Then, word of those things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem. And they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch;

²³ who, when he had come and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged all to continue in the Lord with purpose of heart.

²⁴ For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and faith. And many people joined themselves to the Lord.

²⁵ Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to seek Paul.

²⁶ And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it so happened that they met with the church a whole year and taught many people. And the disciples were first called “Christians” in Antioch.