Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 They have seen Your [a]procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25 (A)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
26 Bless God in the congregations,
The Lord, from (B)the fountain of Israel.
27 (C)There is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their [b]company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
28 [c]Your God has (D)commanded your strength;
Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
(E)Kings will bring presents to You.
30 Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
(F)The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone (G)submits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31 (H)Envoys will come out of Egypt;
(I)Ethiopia will quickly (J)stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, you (K)kingdoms of the earth;
Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 To Him (L)who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a (M)mighty voice.
34 (N)Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, (O)You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
6 And when they came to (A)Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his (B)hand to the ark of God and [a]took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his [b]error; and he died there by the ark of God. 8 And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place [c]Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 (C)David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10 So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the (D)City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the (E)Gittite. 11 (F)The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord (G)blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” (H)So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.
27 Now when the seven days were almost ended, (A)the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and (B)laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man (C)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 29 (For they had [a]previously seen (D)Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 And (E)all the city was disturbed; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut. 31 Now as they were (F)seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the [b]garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 (G)He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the (H)commander came near and took him, and (I)commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another.
So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks. 35 When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, (J)“Away with him!”
Addressing the Jerusalem Mob(K)
37 Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?”
He replied, “Can you speak Greek? 38 (L)Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”
39 But Paul said, (M)“I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no [c]mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.