Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.

² Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days.

³ The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

¹² What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.

¹⁶ This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.

26 ¶ In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; God has appointed saving health for walls and bulwarks.

² Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee.

⁴ Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in JAH, the LORD is the strength of the ages:

¹³ ¶ Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

¹⁴ as obedient sons, not conforming yourselves with the former desires that you had before in your ignorance,

¹⁵ but as he who has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

¹⁶ for it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.