Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 They have seen, O God, Your goings; the goings of my God and my King, Who is in the Sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players of instruments after. In the midst, the maids were playing with timbrels.
26 Praise God in the assemblies, and the LORD, you who are of the fountain of Israel!
27 There was little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah with their assembly, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Your GOD has appointed your strength. Establish, O God, that which You first wrought in us.
29 Out of Your Temple upon Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to You.
30 Destroy the company of the spearmen who tread pieces of silver under foot, along with the multitude of the mighty bulls and the calves of the people. Scatter the people who delight in war.
31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, O you kingdoms of the Earth! Sing praise to the LORD (Selah),
33 to him who rides upon the Most High Heavens, Who was from the beginning. Behold, He will send out, by His voice, a mighty sound!
34 Ascribe the power to God! His majesty is upon Israel and His strength is in the clouds!
35 O God, You are awesome out of Your Holy places! The God of Israel is He Who gives strength and power to the people! Praise God! To him who excels upon Shoshannim: A Psalm of David
16 And as the Ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leap and dance before the LORD. And she despised him in her heart.
17 And when they had brought in the Ark of the LORD, they set it in its place, in the midst of the Tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered Burnt Offerings, and Peace Offerings before the LORD.
18 And as soon as David had finished offering Burnt Offerings and Peace Offerings, he blessed the people in the Name of the LORD of Hosts,
19 and gave among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, to the women as well as the men, to everyone, a cake of bread and a piece of flesh and a bottle. So, all the people departed, each one to his house.
20 Then David returned to bless his house. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, and said, “O how glorious was the king of Israel this day, who was uncovered today in the eyes of the maidens of his servants, as a fool uncovers himself!”
21 Then David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, Who chose me rather than your father and all his house, and Commanded me to be ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. And therefore, I will play before the LORD,
22 and will be even more vile than this and will be humble in my own sight. But by the very same maidservants which you have spoken of, I shall be had in honor.”
23 Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child until the day of her death.
31 And the Lord said, “To what shall I liken the men of this generation? And what are they like?
32 “They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, crying one to another, saying, ‘We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced. We have mourned for you, and you have not wept.’
33 “For John Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. And you say, ‘He has a demon.’
34 “The Son of Man has come, and eats, and drinks. And you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
35 “But wisdom is justified by all her children.”
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