Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
To the Overcomer upon, Do not destroy, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
1 ¶ Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks, for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:
5 Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.
6 ¶ For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.
7 But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another.
8 For the cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof, shall wring out and swallow up all the wicked of the earth.
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 And I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
40 ¶ Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,
2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this.
3 Then Job answered the LORD and said,
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 ¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness.
14 Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.
24 His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.
6 ¶ Therefore, leaving now the word of the beginning of the establishment of the Christ, let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from works of death, and of faith in God,
2 of the doctrine of the baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this we will indeed do, if God permits.
4 For it is impossible that those who once received the light and tasted of that heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit
5 and likewise have tasted the good word of God and the virtue of the age to come,
6 and have backslidden, be renewed again by repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God and putting him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it and brings forth herbs in season for those by whom it is dressed receives blessing from God;
8 but that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose end shall be by fire.
9 ¶ But, beloved, we expect better things than these of you, things near unto saving health, though we thus speak.
10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.
11 But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,
12 that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.
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