Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

105 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

² Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

⁴ Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

⁵ That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

³⁷ And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

³⁸ And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

³⁹ And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

⁴⁰ And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

⁴² And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

⁴³ Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

⁴⁴ And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

⁴⁵ And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

²² And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went forth into the wilderness of Sur: and they marched three days through the wilderness, and found no water.

²³ And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara, because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness.

²⁴ And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?

²⁵ But he cried to the Lord, and he shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, they were turned into sweetness. There he appointed him ordinances, and judgments, and there he proved him,

²⁶ Saying: If thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do what is right before him, and obey his commandments, and keep all his precepts, none of the evils that I laid upon Egypt, will I bring upon thee: for I am the Lord thy healer.

²⁷ And the children of Israel came into Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped by the waters.

13 Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

² I have told before, and foretell, as present, and now absent, to them that sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare.

³ Do you seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me, who towards you is not weak, but is mighty in you?

⁴ For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.