Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 They have seen (A)Your [a]procession, O God,
The [b]procession of my God, my King, [c](B)into the sanctuary.
25 The (C)singers went on, the musicians after them,
[d]In the midst of the (D)maidens beating tambourines.
26 (E)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the (F)fountain of Israel.
27 There is (G)Benjamin, the [e]youngest, [f]ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of (H)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 [g]Your God has (I)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, (J)who have acted [h]on our behalf.
29 [i]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
(K)Kings will bring gifts to You.
30 Rebuke the (L)beasts [j]in the reeds,
The herd of (M)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has (N)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
31 Envoys will come out of (O)Egypt;
[k](P)Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, O (Q)kingdoms of the earth,
(R)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
33 To Him who (S)rides upon the [l](T)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, (U)He [m]speaks forth with His voice, a (V)mighty voice.
34 (W)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And (X)His strength is in the [n]skies.
35 [o]O God, You are (Y)awesome from Your [p]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself (Z)gives strength and power to the people.
(AA)Blessed be God!
16 Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that (A)Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
17 So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it (B)in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and (C)David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offering, (D)he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed each to his house.
20 But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! (E)He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the (F)foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!” 21 So David said to Michal, “(G)It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.” 23 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
31 “To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ 33 For John the Baptist has come (A)eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a [a]drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and [b]sinners!’ 35 Yet wisdom (B)is vindicated by all her children.”
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