Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the Overcomer, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ ¶ I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my sore bled in the night and ceased not; my soul refused to be comforted.

³ I remembered God and cried out; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

⁴ Thou didst hold my eyelids open; I am broken and did not speak.

⁵ I have considered the days from the beginning, the years of the ages.

⁶ I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

⁷ Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

⁸ Is his mercy gone for ever? does his word fail from generation to generation?

⁹ Has God forgotten to have mercy? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

¹⁰ And I said, This is my infirmity, but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

¹¹ ¶ I remembered the works of JAH; therefore I shall remember thy wonders of old.

¹² I meditated also on all thy works and spoke of thy doings.

¹³ Thy way, O God, is in holiness; who is so great a God as our God?

¹⁴ Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

¹⁵ Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶ The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid; the depths also were troubled.

¹⁷ The clouds poured out floods of waters; the heavens thundered; thy bolts of lightning also went forth.

¹⁸ The voice of thy thunder was all around; the lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹ Thy way was in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps were not known.

²⁰ Thou didst lead thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 ¶ And it came to pass, when the LORD would take Elijah up into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

² And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD lives and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

³ And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be silent.

⁴ And Elijah said unto him again, Elisha, tarry here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

⁵ And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yes, I know it; be silent.

⁶ And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And thus the two went on.

⁷ And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood in front of them afar off; and the two of them stood by the Jordan.

⁸ And Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the waters, and they separated to one side and the other so that they both went over on dry ground.

⁹ ¶ And when they had gone over, Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

¹⁰ And he said, Thou hast asked a difficult thing. If thou shalt see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee, but if not, it shall not be so.

¹¹ And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, a chariot of fire with horses of fire separated the two, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

¹² And as Elisha saw it, he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more, and he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.

¹³ ¶ And lifting up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, he went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

¹⁴ And taking up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, he smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he smote the waters, they separated to one side and the other, and Elisha went over.

¹⁵ And seeing him, the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

¹⁶ And they said unto him, Behold now, there are fifty strong men with thy slaves; let them go and seek thy master; peradventure the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said, Do not send them.

¹⁷ But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought him three days, but did not find him.

¹⁸ And when they came again to him (for he tarried at Jericho), he said unto them, Did I not tell you to not go?

²⁰ And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

²¹ Then Peter, remembering, said unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou didst curse is withered away.

²² And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Have faith in God.

²³ For verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Remove thyself and cast thyself into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that what he says shall be done whatsoever he says shall be done unto him.

²⁴ Therefore I say unto you that everything that ye ask for, praying, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come upon you.

²⁵ And when ye are praying, forgive if ye have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in the heavens will also forgive you your trespasses.