Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

14 A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

² He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

³ He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

⁴ In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;

⁵ He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.

10 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanon his son reigned in his stead.

² And David said: I Will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Daas, as his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon,

³ The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon their lord: Thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee, and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it?

⁴ Wherefore Hanon took the servants of David, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away.

⁵ When this was told David, he sent to meet them: for the men were sadly put to confusion, and David commanded them, saying: Stay at Jericho, till your beards be grown, and then return.

⁹ Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding:

¹⁰ That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God:

¹¹ Strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy,

¹² Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light:

¹³ Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

¹⁴ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins;