Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

132 Lord, remember David and all his afflictions—

² how he swore unto the Lord and vowed unto the Mighty God of Jacob:

³ “Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

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

⁵ until I find out a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty God of Jacob.”

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the wood:

⁷ “We will go into His tabernacles; we will worship at His footstool.”

⁸ Arise, O Lord, 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 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it: “Of the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.”

¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

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 poor with bread.

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

¹⁷ There will I make the horn of David to bud; 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 had heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

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

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

¹⁴ So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college), and they communed with her.

¹⁵ And she said unto them, “Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me,

¹⁶ ‘Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which 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 works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched.’

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

¹⁹ Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

²⁰ Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought the king word again.

²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of those who slept.

²¹ For since by man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead.

²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive;

²³ but every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.

²⁴ Then cometh the end when He shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when He shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power.

²⁵ For He must reign until He hath put all enemies under His feet.

²⁶ The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death,

²⁷ for “He hath put all things under His feet.” But when He saith “all things” are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, who did put all things under Him.

²⁸ And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son Himself also be subject unto Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.