Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
A Psalm of David.
Aleph
1 ¶ Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Beth
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
Gimel
3 Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed.
Daleth
4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
He
5 Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day.
Vau
6 Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old.
Zain
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Cheth
8 ¶ Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.
Teth
9 He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way.
Jod
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their necks and did not hearken unto thy commandments
17 and refused to hear; neither did they remember thy wonders that thou hadst done among them, but hardened their necks and in their rebellion thought to appoint a leader to return to their bondage; but thou art a God of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercy, for thou didst not leave them.
18 Even when they had made themselves a molten calf and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had committed great abominations;
19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies didst not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to illuminate the way in which they should go.
20 Thou didst give thy good spirit to teach them and didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth and didst give them water for their thirst.
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wax old, and their feet did not swell.
22 Thou didst give them kingdoms and peoples and didst divide them into corners; so they possessed the land of Sihon and the land of the king of Heshbon and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
23 Thou didst multiply their sons as the stars of heaven and didst introduce them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to inherit it.
24 So the sons came in and possessed the land, and thou didst humble the inhabitants of the land before them, the Canaanites, and didst give them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
25 And they took strong cities and fertile land and inherited houses full of all goods, hewn cisterns, vineyards and oliveyards and many trees of good fruit; so they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
12 And we beseech you, brethren, to recognize those who labour among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you
13 and that you express greater charity unto them for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
14 We also exhort you, brethren, that you warn those that are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with everyone.
15 See that no one renders evil for evil unto anyone, but always follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men.
16 ¶ Always rejoice.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophecies.
21 Examine all things; retain that which is good.
22 Separate yourselves from all appearance of evil.
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