Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm of David.

Aleph

¹ ¶ Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Beth

² O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.

Gimel

³ Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed.

Daleth

⁴ Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

He

⁵ Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day.

Vau

⁶ Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old.

Zain

⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

Cheth

⁸ ¶ Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.

Teth

⁹ He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way.

Jod

¹⁰ All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

¹ ¶ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

² Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³ When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

⁴ For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my green growth is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

⁵ I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and I have not hid my iniquity. I said, I will confess (against myself) my rebellions unto the LORD, and thou shalt forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶ For this shall every one that is merciful pray unto thee in the time when thou may be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him.

⁷ ¶ Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸ I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.

⁹ Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in subjection with bit and bridle, or they will not come near unto thee.

¹⁰ There are many sorrows for the wicked; but he that waits in the LORD, mercy shall compass him round about.

¹¹ Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

² And, behold, they brought him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the paralyzed man, Trust, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

³ And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes.

⁴ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?

⁵ For what is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and walk?

⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the paralyzed man), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

⁷ Then he arose and departed to his house.

⁸ And the multitude, seeing it, marvelled and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

⁹ ¶ And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat at food in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners that had come sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.

¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners?

¹² But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, Those that are whole need not a physician, but those that are sick.

¹³ Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.