Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the seat of his throne.

³ A fire shall go before him and burn up his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw and trembled.

⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.

⁷ Let all those that serve graven images be confounded, those that boast of idols; worship him, all ye gods.

⁸ ¶ Zion heard and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

⁹ For thou, O LORD, art high above all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰ Ye that love the LORD are to hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.

¹² Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

⁷ ¶ For so it was that the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods

⁸ and walked in the statutes of the Gentiles, whom the LORD had cast out from before the sons of Israel, and in the statutes of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

⁹ And the sons of Israel had secretly done those things that were not right against the LORD their God, building themselves high places in all their cities, from the towers of the watchmen to the fenced cities.

¹⁰ And they had set themselves up images and groves in every high hill and under every green tree;

¹¹ and there they burnt incense in all the high places like the Gentiles, whom the LORD had carried away before them, and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

¹² serving idols, of which the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this.

¹³ Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my slaves the prophets.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who had never believed in the LORD their God.

¹⁵ And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he testified against them, and they followed vanity and became vain and went after the Gentiles that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

¹⁶ And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God and made themselves molten images, even two calves, and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served Baal;

¹⁷ and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire and used divination and enchantments and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁸ Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

¹⁹ But not even Judah kept the commandments of the LORD their God; to the contrary, they walked in the statutes of Israel which they themselves had made.

²⁰ And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers until he had cast them out of his presence.

²⁵ And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when didst thou come here?

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

²⁷ Labour not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him has God the Father sealed.

²⁸ ¶ Then they said unto him, What shall we do that we might work the works of God?

²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he has sent.

³⁰ They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?

³¹ Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written, He gave them of the bread from the heaven to eat.

³² Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from the heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from the heaven.

³³ For the bread of God is he who descended from heaven and gives life unto the world.

³⁴ Then said they unto him, Lord, always give us this bread.

³⁵ And Jesus said unto them, I AM the bread of life; he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst.