Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for praise is pleasant and beautiful.

² The LORD, he who builds up Jerusalem; shall gather together the outcasts of Israel.

³ He heals the broken hearted, and he binds up their wounds.

⁴ He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names.

⁵ Great is our Lord and of great power; his intelligence is infinite.

⁶ The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked down to the earth.

⁷ Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

⁸ Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares the rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

⁹ He who gives the beast his food and to the sons of the ravens which cry unto him.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse; nor does he take pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹ The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that wait upon his mercy.

²⁰ He has not dealt so with the other nations, which have not known his judgments. Halelu-JAH.

46 ¶ Bel bowed down; Nebo is fallen; their images were placed upon animals and upon beasts of burden that will carry you, laden with yourselves, burden of weariness.

² They stoop, they are fallen together; they could not escape from the burden, and their soul had to go into captivity.

³ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

⁴ And even to your old age I am he, and even to grey hairs I will carry you; I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will deliver you.

⁵ ¶ To whom will ye liken me and make me equal and compare me that we may be alike?

⁶ They lavish gold out of the bag and weigh silver in the balance and hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they fall down and worship.

⁷ They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him and set him in his place. There he is; he does not move from his place; they cry unto him, and neither does he answer, nor save from the tribulation.

⁸ Remember this, and be ashamed, bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

⁹ Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is no one like me,

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

¹¹ Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executes my counsel from a far country; I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it; I will also do it.

¹² Hearken unto me, ye hard of heart, that are far from righteousness;

¹³ I cause my righteousness to come near; it shall not go away; and my salvation shall not be stayed: and I will place salvation in Zion; and my glory in Israel.

⁹ And when he was departed from there, he went into their synagogue;

¹⁰ and, behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

¹¹ And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?

¹² Therefore, how much more is a man worth than a sheep? So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

¹³ Then he said to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like the other.

¹⁴ ¶ Then the Pharisees went out and took council against him that they might destroy him.