Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

21 Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.

² O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

³ O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

⁴ But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.

⁵ In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.

⁶ They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁷ But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.

⁸ All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.

⁹ He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

¹⁰ For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.

¹¹ I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God,

¹² Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

¹³ Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.

¹⁴ They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.

¹⁵ I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁶ My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

¹⁷ For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.

¹⁸ They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.

¹⁹ They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.

²⁰ But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.

²¹ Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.

²² Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

²³ I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.

²⁴ Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.

²⁵ Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

²⁶ With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.

²⁷ The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.

²⁸ All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.

²⁹ For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

³⁰ All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.

³¹ And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.

³² There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.

¹¹ And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David.

¹² And David knew that the Lord bad confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.

¹³ And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters:

¹⁴ And these are the names of them, that were born to him in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵ And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg,

¹⁶ And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and Eliphaleth.

⁷ Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.

⁸ Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

⁹ Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

¹⁰ Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

¹¹ Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.