Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for He seeth that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bows to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright manner of living.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall be consumed; into smoke shall they be consumed away.
21 The wicked borroweth and payeth not back, but the righteous showeth mercy and giveth:
22 for such as are blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, but they that are cursed by Him shall be cut off.
22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
25 Then David said unto the messenger, “Thus shalt thou say unto Joab: ‘Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another. Press thy battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it’; and encourage thou him.”
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house; and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
22 For this cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you,
24 whensoever I make my journey into Spain I will come to you. For I trust to see you on my journey, and to be brought on my way thither by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
26 For it hath pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are at Jerusalem.
27 It hath pleased them verily, and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers in their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
28 When therefore I have performed this, and have secured to them this fruit, I will come to you on my way to Spain.
29 And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
31 that I may be delivered from those who do not believe in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted by the saints,
32 and that I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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