Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies to battle, and came together to Sochoh, which is in Judah, and camped between Sochoh and Azekah, in the territory of Dammim.
4 Then came a man between them both, out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and a brigandine upon him. And the weight of his brigandine was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 And he had boots of bronze upon his legs, and a shield of bronze upon his shoulders.
7 And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried against the army of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you set yourselves in battle formation? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man for yourselves and let him come down to me!
9 “If he is able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants! But, if I overcome him, and kill him, then you shall be our servants, and serve us!”
10 Also the Philistine said, “I defy the army of Israel this day! Give me a man, so that we may fight together!”
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly afraid.
19 And Saul and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 So, David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him and came within the perimeter of the camp. And the army went out in formation and shouted in the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put themselves in formation, army against army.
22 And David left the things which he bore under the hands of the keeper of the carriage and ran into the camp, and came and asked his brothers how they were doing.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, the man who had been between the two armies (whose name was Goliath the Philistine of Gath), came up out of the army of the Philistines and spoke the same words. And David heard them.
32 So David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail him because of him! Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine!”
33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine, to fight with him. For you are a boy; and he is a man of war, from his youth.”
34 And David answered Saul, “Your servant kept his father’s sheep. And there came a lion, and likewise a bear, and took a sheep out of the flock.
35 “And I went out after him and struck him and took it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and struck him and killed him.
36 “So, your servant killed both the lion and the bear! Therefore, this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has railed on the army of the living God!”
37 Moreover, David said, “The LORD, Who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Then Saul said to David, “Go! And the LORD be with you!”
38 And Saul put his battle clothing upon David, and put a helmet of bronze upon his head, and put a brigandine upon him.
39 Then David fastened his sword upon his battle clothing and began to go, never testing it. But David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these. For I am not accustomed.” Therefore, David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones for himself, out of a brook, and put them in his shepherd’s bag (or scrip). And his sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came and drew near to David. And the man who bare the shield went before him.
42 Now, when the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but young, ruddy and good-looking.
43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, so that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me! And I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the field!”
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield! But I come to you in the Name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the army of Israel, whom you have defied!
46 “This day the LORD shall close you in my hand! And I shall strike you, and take your head from you! And this day, I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth! So that all the world may know that Israel has a God,
47 “and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not save with sword or with spear! For the battle is the LORD’s! And He will give you into our hands!”
48 And when the Philistine arose to come and draw near to David, David hurried and ran to fight against the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slang it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone stuck in his forehead. And he fell to the earth, groveling.
57 And when David had returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, then Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant, Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
18 And when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David. And Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant; for he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was upon him and gave it to David, and his garments, including his sword and his bow and his belt.
5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, conducting himself wisely, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
10 And the next day, the spirit of misery from God came upon Saul. And he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, just as at other times. And there was a spear in Saul’s hand.
11 And Saul took the spear, and said, “I will strike David through, to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him and had departed from Saul.
13 Therefore, Saul removed him from his presence and made him a captain over a thousand. And he went out and in before the people.
14 And David conducted himself wisely in all his ways, for the LORD was with him.
15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afraid of him.
16 For all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and in before them.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in time and in affliction.
10 And those who know Your Name will trust in You. For You, LORD, have not failed those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, Who dwells in Zion. Show the people His works.
12 For when He enquires after blood, He remembers it; not forgetting the complaint of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD. Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You Who lifts me up from the gates of death,
14 so that I may show all Your praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The heathen are sunken down in the pit they made. Their foot is taken in the net they have hidden.
16 The LORD is known by executing judgment. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall return to Hell, and all nations that forget God.
18 For the poor shall not be always forgotten. The hope of the afflicted shall not perish forever.
19 Up LORD! Do not let man prevail! Let the heathen be judged in Your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD, so that the heathen may know that they are but men. Selah.
133 Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brothers to dwell together.
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, which runs down upon the beard (even to Aaron’s beard, which went down on the border of his garments)
3 as the dew of Hermon which falls upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD appointed the blessing and life forever. A song of degrees
6 So we, therefore, as workers together, encourage you, that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
2 For He says, “I have heard you at an acceptable time, and on the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold now the accepted time. Behold now the day of salvation.
3 We cause no one to stumble in anything, that the ministry should not be blamed.
4 But in all things, we commend ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 in stripes, in prisons, in instability, in labors;
6 by sleeplessness, by fasting, by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love without hypocrisy;
7 by the Word of Truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand, and on the left;
8 by honor and dishonor; by evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;
9 as unknown and yet known; as dying and behold, we live; as chastised and yet not killed;
10 as grieving and yet always rejoicing; as poor and yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
11 O Corinthians, our mouth has been opened to you. Our heart has been made large!
12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained your own inward parts.
13 Now, for the same reward, I speak as to my children. You, also, be enlarged.
35 Now the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us pass over to the other side.”
36 And they left the multitude and entered into a ship. And there were also other little ships with Him.
37 And a great storm of wind arose. And the waves dashed into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Master, don’t you care that we perish!?”
39 And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, and be still!” So, the wind ceased. And there was a great calm.
40 Then He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”
41 And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, “Who is this, that both the wind and the sea obey Him?”
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