Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.

87 His foundation is in the mountains of holiness.

² Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

³ Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

⁴ I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among them that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this [man] was born there.

⁵ And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

⁶ Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.

⁷ As well the singers as the dancers [shall say], All my springs are in thee.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

¹⁰ Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

¹¹ Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

¹² Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

¹³ Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

¹⁵ The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

¹⁶ And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel.

5 The elders which [are] among you I exhort, who [am their] fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also [am] partaker of the glory about to be revealed:

² shepherd the flock of God which [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;

³ not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.

⁴ And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

⁵ Likewise [ye] younger, be subject to [the] elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against [the] proud, but to [the] humble gives grace.

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in [the due] time;

⁷ having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you.

⁸ Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

⁹ Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which [is] in [the] world.

¹⁰ But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground:

¹¹ to him [be] the glory and the might for the ages of the ages. Amen.