Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Song of degrees of David.

¹ ¶ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

² It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that goes down to the skirts of his garments;

³ as the dew of Hermon, that descends upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commands blessing and eternal life.

¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and they cut his hair and changed his clothes, and he came in unto Pharaoh.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one that can interpret it; but I have heard say of thee that thou canst hear dreams to interpret them.

¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

¹⁷ ¶ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river;

¹⁸ and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed and beautiful in appearance; and they fed in a meadow.

¹⁹ And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, lean and very ugly in appearance, and thin, such as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

²⁰ And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows;

²¹ and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

²² And I also saw in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up in one stalk, full and beautiful;

²³ and, behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

²⁴ And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads; and I told this unto the magicians, but there was no one that could declare it to me.

²⁵ Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

²⁶ The seven beautiful cows are seven years; and the seven good heads are seven years; the dream is one and the same.

²⁷ Also the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty heads blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

²⁸ This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown unto Pharaoh.

²⁹ Behold, seven years of great plenty are coming throughout all the land of Egypt.

³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

³¹ and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

³² And that the dream came unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

³³ ¶ Now therefore let Pharaoh find a discreet and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

³⁵ And let them gather all the food of those good years that come and lay up wheat under the hand of Pharaoh to feed the cities, and let them store it up.

³⁶ And let that food be stored for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not perish through the famine.

15 ¶ And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is completed the wrath of God.

² And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire and those that had gotten the victory over the beast and over its image and over its mark and over the number of its name stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

³ And they sing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

⁴ Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? for thou only art holy; therefore, all the Gentiles shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.