Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Prayer of David.

¹ ¶ Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me, for I am poor and needy.

² Preserve my soul; for I am merciful, O thou my God, save thy slave that trusts in thee.

³ Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.

⁴ Rejoice the soul of thy slave, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁵ For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

⁶ Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

⁸ ¶ Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord, neither is there any other who does thy works.

⁹ All the Gentiles whom thou hast made shall come and humble themselves before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰ For thou art great and doest wondrous things; thou alone art God.

¹¹ Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth; firm up my heart that I might fear thy name.

¹² I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

¹³ For great is thy mercy upon me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.

¹⁴ O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them.

¹⁵ But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.

¹⁶ O look into me and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy slave and keep the son of thine handmaid.

¹⁷ Show me a token for good that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou, O LORD, hast helped me and comforted me.

²⁷ And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while that I may declare thee the word of God.

10 ¶ Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

² When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou didst go to seek are found, and thy father has left the care of the asses and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

³ Then shalt thou go on forward from there, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and three men going up to God to Bethel shall meet thee, one carrying three kids and another carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottle of wine.

⁴ And they will salute thee and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

⁵ After that thou shalt come to the hill of God where the garrison of the Philistines is, and it shall come to pass when thou art come there to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery and a tambourine and a pipe and a harp before them; and they shall prophesy.

⁶ And the Spirit of the LORD will prosper thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man.

⁷ And let it be when these signs are come unto thee that thou do according as thou shalt find at hand, for God is with thee.

⁸ And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal, and, behold, I will come down unto thee to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Seven days shalt thou tarry until I come to thee and show thee what thou shalt do.

¹⁴ Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness? and what communion does light have with darkness?

¹⁵ And what concord does Christ have with Belial? or what part do the faithful have with the unfaithful?

¹⁶ And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

¹⁷ Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing; and I will receive you

¹⁸ and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

7 ¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.