Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

63 O God, You are my God. I will seek You early. My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs greatly after You in a barren and dry land, without water.

² Thus, when I behold Your power and Your Glory, I behold You as in the Sanctuary.

³ For Your lovingkindness is better than life. My lips shall praise You.

⁴ Thus will I magnify You all my life and lift up my hands in Your Name.

⁵ My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

⁶ When I remember You on my bed, I think upon You in the night watches.

⁷ Therefore, because You have been my helper, I will rejoice under the shadow of Your wings.

⁸ My soul clings to You. Your right hand upholds me.

⁹ Therefore, those who seek my soul to destroy it, they shall go into the lowest parts of the Earth.

¹⁰ They shall cast him down with the edge of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.

¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God. All who swear by Him shall rejoice. For the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped. To him who excels: A Psalm of David

¹⁵ Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel (the high place made by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin), both this altar and also the high place, he broke down and burnt (the high place). He stamped them to powder and burnt the grove.

¹⁶ And as Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were on the mountain, and sent and took the bones out of the graves and burnt them upon the altar and polluted it, according to the Word of the LORD that the man of God had proclaimed, who cried the same words.

¹⁷ Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” And the men of the city said to him, “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah and told these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

¹⁸ Then he said, “Let him alone. Let no one remove his bones.” So his bones were saved with the bones of the Prophet who came from Samaria.

¹⁹ Josiah also took away all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the LORD. And he did to them just as he had done in Bethel.

²⁰ And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there upon the altars, and burnt men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

²¹ Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the Book of this Covenant.”

²² And there was no Passover like that held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah.

²³ And in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem.

²⁴ Josiah also took away the mediums and the soothsayers and the images and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, to perform the Words of the Law which were written in the Book that Hilkiah the Priest found in the House of the LORD.

²⁵ There was no king like him before, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses. Nor did there ever arise any like him after.

11 Then was given to me a reed, like a rod. And the angel stood by, saying, “Rise and measure the Temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship therein.

² “But do not include the court which is outside the Temple. For it is given to the Gentiles. And they shall tread upon the holy city for 42 months.

³ “But I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴ These are two olive trees, and two candlesticks, standing before the God of the Earth.

⁵ And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouths and devours their enemies. For if anyone would hurt them, thus must he be killed.

⁶ These have power to shut Heaven, so that it does not rain in the days of their prophesying; and have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the Earth with all kinds of plagues, as often as they will.

⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them and kill them,

⁸ And their corpses shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt (where our Lord was also crucified).

⁹ And those of the people and tribes and tongues, and Gentiles, shall see their corpses for three and a half days, and shall not allow their carcasses to be put in graves.

¹⁰ And those who dwell upon the Earth shall rejoice over them and be glad and shall send gifts to one another. For these two Prophets tormented those who dwelt on the Earth.

¹¹ But after three and a half days, the Spirit of Life, coming from God, shall enter into them. And they shall stand up upon their feet. And great fear shall come upon those who saw them.

¹² And they shall hear a great voice from Heaven, saying to them, “Come up here!” And they shall ascend to Heaven in a cloud. And their enemies shall see them.

¹³ And the same hour there shall be a great earthquake. And a tenth of the city shall fall. And in the earthquake, seven thousand shall be slain. And the remnant was very afraid and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

¹⁴ The second woe is past! And behold, the third woe will come soon!