Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁶ Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.

⁷ And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

⁸ And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?

⁹ And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.

¹⁰ And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,

¹¹ And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.

¹² And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.

¹³ Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.

¹⁴ And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

¹⁵ And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.

¹⁶ But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

¹⁸ And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?

¹⁹ And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.

²⁰ But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.

²¹ And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.

²² And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son in law.

²³ And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

²⁴ And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.

²⁵ And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.

²⁶ And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.

²⁷ And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.

²⁸ And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.

²⁹ And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.

³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.

¹³ And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

¹⁴ But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.

¹⁵ And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

¹⁶ And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

¹⁷ Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard, and so were driven.

¹⁸ And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

¹⁹ And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

²⁰ And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

²¹ And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and have gained this harm and loss.

²² And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only of the ship.

²³ For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

²⁴ Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

²⁵ Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God that it shall so be, as it hath been told me.

²⁶ And we must come unto a certain island.

²⁷ But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

²⁸ Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

²⁹ Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

³⁰ But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

³¹ Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

³² Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

³³ And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited, and continued fasting, taking nothing.

³⁴ Wherefore I pray you to take some meat for your health's sake; for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.

³⁵ And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all; and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

³⁶ Then were they all of better cheer, and they also took some meat.

³⁷ And we were in all in the ship, two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

³⁸ And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.