Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

29 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.

² I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

³ O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and then hast healed me.

⁴ Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.

⁵ Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

⁶ For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

⁷ And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.

⁸ O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.

⁹ To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

¹⁰ What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

¹¹ The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my helper.

¹² Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

¹³ To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.

²⁶ Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?

²⁷ Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?

²⁸ She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.

²⁹ From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

³⁰ Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.

³¹ And the Lord went on, and said to Job:

³² Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

³³ Then Job answered the Lord, and said:

³⁴ What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

³⁵ One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.

40 And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

² Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

³ Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

⁴ And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

⁵ Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

²⁵ These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you.

²⁶ But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.