Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Song of degrees.

132 Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction;

² How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:

³ I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. …

⁶ Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ Let us go into his habitations, let us worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

¹² If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

¹³ For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

¹⁴ This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy ones with bread;

¹⁶ And I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

¹⁷ There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

¹¹ And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.

¹² And the king commanded Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

¹³ Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written [there] for us.

¹⁴ And Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe: now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter [of the town]; and they spoke with her.

¹⁵ And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,

¹⁶ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read.

¹⁷ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

¹⁸ But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

¹⁹ Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.

²⁰ Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

²⁰ (But now Christ is raised from among [the] dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.

²¹ For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead.

²² For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive.

²³ But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.

²⁴ Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him [who is] God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.

²⁵ For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.

²⁶ [The] last enemy [that] is annulled [is] death.

²⁷ For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, [it is] evident that [it is] except him who put all things in subjection to him.

²⁸ But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)