Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

28 A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.

² Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

⁴ The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord in magnificence.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

⁶ And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

⁷ The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:

⁸ The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

⁹ The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.

¹⁰ The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king for ever. The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

²⁹ And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:

³⁰ And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?

³¹ And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

³² Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.

³³ And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

³⁴ And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

³⁵ And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,

³⁶ The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:

⁵ And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

⁶ And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly.

⁷ And delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked.

⁸ For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.

⁹ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.

¹⁰ And especially them who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government, audacious, self willed, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming.