Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
150 Praise God in His Sanctuary! Praise Him in the firmament of His power.
2 Praise Him in His mighty acts! Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.
3 Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet! Praise Him upon the viol and the harp.
4 Praise Him with timbrel and flute! Praise Him with virginals and organs.
5 Praise Him with sounding cymbals! Praise Him with high sounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies to battle, and came together to Sochoh, which is in Judah, and camped between Sochoh and Azekah, in the territory of Dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, and put themselves in battle formation, to meet the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side. And Israel stood on a mountain on the other side. So, a valley was between them.
4 Then came a man between them both, out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and a brigandine upon him. And the weight of his brigandine was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 And he had boots of bronze upon his legs, and a shield of bronze upon his shoulders.
7 And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried against the army of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you set yourselves in battle formation? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man for yourselves and let him come down to me!
9 “If he is able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants! But, if I overcome him, and kill him, then you shall be our servants, and serve us!”
10 Also the Philistine said, “I defy the army of Israel this day! Give me a man, so that we may fight together!”
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly afraid.
12 Now, this David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. And this man was taken for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went to battle were Eliab the eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 So David was the least. And the three eldest went after Saul.
15 David also went; but he returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near in the morning and evening and continued for forty days.
17 And Jesse said to David, his son, “Take now an ephah of this parched corn and these ten cakes for your brothers, and run to the camp, to your brothers.
18 “Also, carry these ten fresh cheeses to the captain, and see how your brothers are faring, and receive their pledge.
19 And Saul and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 So, David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him and came within the perimeter of the camp. And the army went out in formation and shouted in the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put themselves in formation, army against army.
22 And David left the things which he bore under the hands of the keeper of the carriage and ran into the camp, and came and asked his brothers how they were doing.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, the man who had been between the two armies (whose name was Goliath the Philistine of Gath), came up out of the army of the Philistines and spoke the same words. And David heard them.
12 Thus, many signs and wonders were shown among the people by the hands of the Apostles. And they were all of one mind in Solomon’s porch.
13 And of the rest, no one dared join them. Nevertheless, the people extolled them.
14 Also, the number of those who believed in the Lord, both of men and women, grew more and more;
15 insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, so that at least the shadow of Peter might envelop some of them when he came by.
16 Also, a multitude came into Jerusalem out of the surrounding cities (bringing sick folks and those who were possessed with unclean spirits) who were all healed.
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