Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm 29

The Voice of the Lord

A Davidic psalm.

David’s Dying Instructions to Solomon

2 As the time approached for David to die,^(A) he instructed his son Solomon, ² “As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth.^(B) Be strong and be courageous like a man,^{(C) 3} and keep your obligation to the Lord your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do^(D) and wherever you turn, ⁴ and so that the Lord will carry out His promise that He made to me: ‘If your sons are careful to walk faithfully before Me with their whole mind and heart,^(E) you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’^(F)

¹⁰ Then David rested with his fathers^(A) and was buried in the city of David.^{(B) 11} The length of time David reigned over Israel was 40 years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.^{(C) 12} Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.^(D)

The First Disciples

5 As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word,^(A) He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.^{[a](B) 2} He saw two boats at the edge of the lake;^[b] the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. ³ He got into one of the boats,^(C) which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then He sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

⁴ When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down^[c] your nets for a catch.”^(D)

⁵ “Master,”^(E) Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”^[d]

⁶ When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets^[e] began to tear. ⁷ So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!” ⁹ For he and all those with him were amazed^[f] at the catch of fish they took, ¹⁰ and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,”^(F) Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”^{(G) 11} Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed Him.^(H)