Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.

² For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

³ ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in the place of his holiness?

⁴ He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.

⁵ He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his saving health.

⁶ This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

⁷ ¶ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

⁸ Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

⁹ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

¹⁰ Who is this King of glory? The LORD of the hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

¹⁰ ¶ And they shall make an ark of cedar wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

¹¹ And thou shalt cover it with pure gold; within and without shalt thou cover it and shalt make upon it a moulding of gold round about.

¹² And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof, and two rings shall be in the one side of it and two rings in the other side of it.

¹³ And thou shalt make staves of cedar wood and overlay them with gold.

¹⁴ And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

¹⁵ The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

¹⁶ And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

¹⁷ And thou shalt make a seat of reconciliation of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length and a cubit and a half its breadth.

¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the seat of reconciliation.

¹⁹ And make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end: even of the seat of reconciliation shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

²⁰ And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the seat of reconciliation with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the seat of reconciliation shall the faces of the cherubim be.

²¹ And thou shalt put the seat of reconciliation above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

²² And there I will meet with thee, and I will speak with thee from above the seat of reconciliation, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the sons of Israel.

2 ¶ For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

² that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in charity and in all the riches of the fulfilled understanding to know the mystery of the God and Father and of the Christ;

³ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

⁴ ¶ And this I say lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

⁵ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.