Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

² The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

³ Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee.

⁴ The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

²³ ¶ Oh, that my words were now written! Oh, that they were printed in a book!

²⁴ That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

²⁵ For I know that my redeemer lives and that he shall rise at the latter day over the dust;

²⁶ and afterward from this, my stricken skin and from my own flesh, I must see God:

²⁷ whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another, though my kidneys be consumed within me.

¹⁴ ¶ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly

¹⁵ But if I tarry long, that thou may know how it is expedient to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.