Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

² Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

³ Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.

⁶ He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.

⁷ ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps,

⁸ fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word,

⁹ mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars,

¹⁰ beasts and all animals; creeping things and flying fowl,

¹¹ kings of the earth and all the peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,

¹² both young men and maidens, the old with the children,

¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above earth and heavens.

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¹⁴ has exalted the horn of his people; let all his merciful ones praise him; even of the sons of Israel, the people near unto him. Halelu-JAH.

¹⁸ Then he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.

¹⁹ And he replied, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name that I AM before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and will show clemency on whom I will show clemency.

²⁰ He further said, Thou canst not see my face; for no man shall see me and live.

²¹ And the LORD continued saying, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock;

²² and it shall come to pass while my glory passes by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by.

²³ Then I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts, but my face {Heb. faces} shall not be seen.

1 ¶ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life

² (for the life is manifested, and we also saw it and bear witness and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father and appeared unto us);

³ that which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us; and truly our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁴ And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be fulfilled.

⁵ ¶ This then is the promise which we have heard of him and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸ ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.