Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

43 ¶ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed thee, I have named thee; Thou art mine.

² When thou dost pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou dost walk through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

³ For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Keeper; I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

⁴ Because thou wast precious in my sight, thou wast worthy of honour, and I have loved thee.

⁵ Do not fear; for I am with thee: I will bring thy generation from the east and gather thee from the west;

⁶ I will say to the north wind, Give up, and to the south, Do not keep back; bring my sons from far and my daughters from the ends of the earth

⁷ even every one that is called by my name, for I have created them for my glory; I have formed them; yea, I have made them.

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

² Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

³ The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters.

⁴ The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD broke the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ And He made them skip like calves; Lebanon and Sirion like the sons of the unicorns.

⁷ The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of the LORD that shall shake the wilderness; the LORD shall shake the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of the LORD shall make the hinds to calve and shall uncover the forests: and in his temple every one speaks to his glory.

¹⁰ The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever.

¹¹ The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people in peace.

¹⁴ ¶ Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John unto them,

¹⁵ who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them; they were baptized only in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁵ ¶ And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not,

¹⁶ John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you in water, but one mightier than I comes, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

¹⁷ whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing floor and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

²¹ ¶ Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that, Jesus also being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,

²² and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee is my delight.