Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

21 The king shall rejoice in Thy strength, O Lord; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

³ For Thou goest before him with the blessings of goodness; Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

⁴ He asked life of Thee and Thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever.

⁵ His glory is great in Thy salvation; honor and majesty hast Thou laid upon him.

⁶ For Thou hast made him most blessed for ever; Thou hast made him exceeding glad with Thy countenance.

⁷ For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.

⁸ Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies; Thy right hand shall find out those that hate Thee.

⁹ Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine anger; the Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

¹⁰ Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

¹¹ For they intended evil against Thee; they contrived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

¹² Therefore shalt Thou make them turn their back when Thou shalt ready Thine arrows upon Thy strings against the face of them.

¹³ Be Thou exalted, Lord, in Thine own strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power!

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

¹² And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.

¹³ And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

¹⁴ And these are the names of those who were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵ Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

⁷ Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

⁸ Be ye also patient; make firm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

⁹ Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door!

¹⁰ My brethren, take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering affliction and of patience.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord, how the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “Yea” be yea, and your “Nay” be nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.