Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the Overcomer upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

² From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

³ For thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy.

⁴ I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

⁵ ¶ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given an inheritance to those that fear thy name.

⁶ Thou wilt add days upon days unto the king’s life; his years shall be from generation to generation.

⁷ He shall abide before God for ever; He is aware of mercy and truth which preserve him.

⁸ So I will sing thy name for ever, performing my vows each day.

¹⁸ ¶ Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, O Lord GOD, Who am I and what is my house that thou hast brought me thus far?

¹⁹ And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy slave’s house for a great while to come and that this shall be the condition of a man, O Lord GOD.

²⁰ And what more can David say unto thee? For thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy slave.

²¹ For thou hast done all these great things by thy word and according to thine own heart to make thy slave know them.

²² Therefore, thou art great, O LORD God, for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²³ And who in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? A Gentile for the love of whom God went to ransom as a people to himself and to give him a name and to do with you great and terrible things in thy land because of thy people whom thou didst redeem unto thee from Egypt, from the Gentiles and their gods?

²⁴ For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be thy people for ever, and thou, LORD, have become their God.

²⁵ And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy slave and concerning his house, raise it up for ever and do as thou hast said.

²⁶ For thus shall thy name be magnified for ever that it may be said, The LORD of the hosts is God over Israel and that the house of thy slave David be established before thee.

²⁷ For thou, O LORD of the hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy slave, saying, I will build thee a house. Therefore, thy slave has found it in his heart to pray this prayer in thy presence.

²⁸ And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words shall be firm, and thou hast spoken this goodness unto thy slave.

²⁹ Therefore, now let it please thee to bless the house of thy slave that it may continue for ever before thee, for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing the house of thy slave shall be blessed for ever.

¹⁷ Listen to your pastors, and do not resist them, for they watch for your souls as those that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

¹⁸ ¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience in all things desiring to conduct ourselves well.

¹⁹ And I beseech you all the more to do this, that I may be restored unto you sooner.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal testament,

²¹ make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

²² And I beseech you, brethren, that ye receive this word of exhortation, that I have written unto you briefly.

²³ Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.

²⁴ Salute all thy pastors and all the saints. The brethren of Italy salute you.

²⁵ Grace be with you all. Amen.