Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

23 Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,

² The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.

³ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

⁴ And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

⁵ Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.

⁶ But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

⁷ And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

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.

⁴ John to the seven assemblies which [are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [him] who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which [are] before his throne;

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,

⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.

⁷ Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.

⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith [the] Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

³³ Pilate therefore entered again into the praetorium and called Jesus, and said to him, Thou art the king of the Jews?

³⁴ Jesus answered [him], Dost thou say this of thyself, or have others said it to thee concerning me?

³⁵ Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

³⁶ Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.

³⁷ Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest [it], that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.