Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

11 In the LORD I put my trust. How, then, can you say to my soul, “Flee to your mountain as a bird”?

² For lo, the wicked bend their bow and make ready their arrows upon the string, so that they may secretly shoot at those who are upright in heart.

³ For if the foundations are cast down, what can the righteous do?

⁴ The LORD is in His Holy palace. The LORD’s throne is in the sky. His eyes behold. His eyelids try the children of men.

⁵ The LORD will try the righteous. But the wicked, and he who loves iniquity, His soul hates.

⁶ Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and stormy tempest. This is the portion of their cup.

⁷ For the righteous LORD loves righteousness. His face beholds the just. To him who excels upon the eight tune: A Psalm of David.

2 The Word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw upon Judah and Jerusalem.

² It shall be in the last days that the Mountain of the House of the LORD shall be prepared in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills. And all nations shall flow to it.

³ And many people shall go, and say, “Come, and let us go up to the Mountain of the LORD, to the House of the God of Jacob. And He will teach us His ways. And we will walk in His paths.” For the Law shall go forth from Zion, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

⁴ And He shall judge among the nations and rebuke many people. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into scythes. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, nor shall they learn to fight anymore.

11 Now faith is the confidence of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.

² For by it our elders were given a good report.

³ Through faith, we understand that the world was ordained by the Word of God, so that the things which we see are not made of things which are visible.

⁴ By faith, Abel offered a greater sacrifice to God than Cain - by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts - also by which he, being dead, still speaks.

⁵ By faith, Enoch was translated, so that he would not see death. Nor was he found. For God had taken him away. For before he was transformed, it was reported of him that he had pleased God.

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please Him. He who comes to God must believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

⁷ By faith, Noah being warned by God of the things which were as yet not seen, moved with reverence, prepared the Ark to the saving of his household (through which He condemned the world), and was made heir of the righteousness which is by faith.