Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
ס (Samek)
113 I hate people with divided loyalties,[a]
but I love your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
I find hope in your word.
115 Turn away from me, you evil men,
so that I can observe[b] the commands of my God.[c]
116 Sustain me as you promised,[d] so that I will live.[e]
Do not disappoint me.[f]
117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.
Then I will focus[g] on your statutes continually.
118 You despise[h] all who stray from your statutes,
for such people are deceptive and unreliable.[i]
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag.[j]
Therefore I love your rules.[k]
120 My body[l] trembles[m] because I fear you;[n]
I am afraid of your judgments.
ע (Ayin)
121 I do what is fair and right.[o]
Do not abandon me to my oppressors.
122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant.[p]
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance,[q]
for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.[r]
124 Show your servant your loyal love.[s]
Teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me insight,
so that I can understand[t] your rules.
126 It is time for the Lord to act—
they break your law.
127 For this reason[u] I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts.[v]
I hate all deceitful actions.[w]
8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly,[a] and they ran away from him. 9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon[b] Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre.[c] 10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, and the spear drove into the wall.[d] David escaped quickly[e] that night.
11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself[f] tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” 12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Then Michal took a household idol[g] and put it on the bed. She put a quilt[h] made of goats’ hair over its head[i] and then covered the idol with a garment. 14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”
15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.” 16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goats’ hair at its head.
17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”[j]
Walking on Water
45 Immediately Jesus[a] made his disciples get into the boat[b] and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd. 46 After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray. 47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land. 48 He[c] saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending,[d] he came to them walking on the sea,[e] for[f] he wanted to pass by them.[g] 49 When they saw him walking on the water[h] they thought he was a ghost. They[i] cried out, 50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them:[j] “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.” 51 Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished, 52 because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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