Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

132 LORD, remember David with all his affliction.

² Who swore to the LORD, vowed to the Mighty of Jacob,

³ “I will not enter into the tabernacle of my house, nor come upon my pallet (my bed),

⁴ “nor allow my eyes to sleep, nor my eyelids to slumber,

⁵ “until I find a place for the LORD, a habitation for the Mighty of Jacob.”

⁶ Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah and found it in the fields of the forest.

⁷ We will enter into His Tabernacles and worship before His footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into Your rest, You and the Ark of Your strength.

⁹ Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Your saints rejoice.

¹⁰ For Your servant David’s sake, do not refuse the face of Your Anointed.

¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth; and He will not shrink from it, saying, “From the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.

¹² “If your sons keep My Covenant, and My testimonies, so that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³ For the LORD has chosen Zion and loved to dwell in it, saying,

¹⁴ “This is My rest, forever. Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

¹⁵ “I will surely bless her provisions and will satisfy her poor with bread

¹⁶ “and will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall shout for joy.

¹⁷ “There I will make the horn of David bud. I have ordained a Light for My Anointed.

¹⁸ “I will clothe His enemies with shame; but on Him His crown shall flourish.” A song of degrees, or Psalm, of Solomon

22 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. And he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. Also, his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

² And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the ways of David, his father, and bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left.

³ And in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the chancellor, to the House of the LORD, saying,

⁴ “Go up to Hilkiah, the High Priest, so that he may count all the silver which has been brought into the House of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people.

⁵ “And let them deliver it into the hands of those who do the work and have the oversight of the House of the LORD. Let them give it to those who work in the House of the LORD, to repair the decayed places of the House:

⁶ “to the builders and carpenters and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone, to repair the House.

⁷ However, let no accounting be made with them of the money that is delivered into their hand; for they deal faithfully.”

⁸ And Hilkiah the High Priest said to Shaphan the chancellor, “I have found the Book of the Law in the House of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the Book to Shaphan. And he read it.

⁹ So Shaphan the chancellor came to the king, and brought him word back, and said, “Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the House and have delivered it into the hands of those who do the work and have the oversight of the House of the LORD.”

¹⁰ Also, Shaphan the chancellor told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the Priest has delivered a Book to me.” And Shaphan read it before the king.

⁵⁴ And when they heard these things, they were cut to the quick. And they gnashed at him with their teeth.

⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked steadfastly into Heaven, and saw the Glory of God; and Jesus, standing at the right hand of God,

⁵⁶ and said, “Behold, I see the heavens open! And the Son of Man, standing at the right hand of God!”

⁵⁷ Then they gave a shout with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him violently all at once,

⁵⁸ and cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, who called out, saying, “Lord Jesus! Receive my spirit!”

⁶⁰ And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord! Do not lay this sin to their charge!” And when he had spoken this, he slept.

8 And Saul consented to his death. And at that time, there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles.