Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Lord Praised for Giving Deliverance.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, [a]who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
18 “I love You, O Lord, (A)my strength.”
2 The Lord is (B)my [b]rock and (C)my fortress and my (D)deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My (E)shield and the (F)horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is (H)worthy to be praised,
And I am (I)saved from my enemies.
4 The (J)cords of death encompassed me,
And the (K)torrents of [c]ungodliness [d]terrified me.
5 The (L)cords of [e]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my (M)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice (N)out of His temple,
And my (O)cry for help before Him came into His ears.
43 You have delivered me from the (A)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as (B)head of the nations;
A (C)people whom I have not known serve me.
44 As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners [a](D)submit to me.
45 Foreigners (E)fade away,
And (F)come trembling out of their [b]fortresses.
46 The Lord (G)lives, and blessed be (H)my rock;
And exalted be (I)the God of my salvation,
47 The God who (J)executes vengeance for me,
And (K)subdues peoples under me.
48 He (L)delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You (M)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the (N)violent man.
49 Therefore I will (O)give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord,
And I will (P)sing praises to Your name.
50 He gives great [c](Q)deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to (R)His anointed,
To David and (S)his [d]descendants forever.
14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of (A)Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but (B)God did not deliver him into his hand.
Saul Pursues David
15 Now David [a]became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. 16 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and [b](C)encouraged him in God. 17 Thus he said to him, “(D)Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and (E)Saul my father knows that also.” 18 So (F)the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
16 But (A)thanks be to God who (B)puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of (C)Titus. 17 For he not only accepted our (D)appeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord. 18 We have sent along with him (E)the brother whose fame in the things of the (F)gospel has spread through (G)all the churches; 19 (H)and not only this, but he has also been (I)appointed by the churches to travel with us in (J)this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our (K)readiness, 20 [a]taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift; 21 for we (L)have regard for what is honorable, not only in (M)the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 22 We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you. 23 As for (N)Titus, he is my (O)partner and fellow worker [b]among you; as for our (P)brethren, they are [c](Q)messengers of the churches, (R)a glory to Christ. 24 Therefore [d]openly before the churches, [e]show them the proof of your love and of our (S)reason for boasting about you.
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