Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

116 I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my prayers.

² For He has inclined His ear to me, when I called in my days.

³ The snares of death surrounded me and the griefs of the grave caught me. I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called upon the Name of the LORD, “I implore You, O LORD, deliver my soul!”

¹² What shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the LORD.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the LORD even now, in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

¹⁶ Behold, LORD, for I am Your servant. I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid. You have broken my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer a sacrifice of praise to You and will call upon the Name of the LORD.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the LORD even now, in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD’s house, even in the midst of You, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

26 On that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, God shall set salvation for walls and bulwarks.

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

³ “By an assured purpose will You preserve perfect peace, because they trusted in You.

⁴ “Trust in the LORD forever, For in the LORD God is strength forevermore.

¹³ Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober and trust completely in that grace which is brought to you by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ As obedient children, do not conform yourselves to the former lusts of your ignorance.

¹⁵ But as He Who has called you is holy, so you be holy, in all manner of conversation.

¹⁶ Because it is written, “Be holy. For I am holy.”