Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 They have seen (A)Your procession, God,
The procession of my God, my King, [a](B)into the sanctuary.
25 The (C)singers went on, the musicians after them,
[b]In the midst of the (D)young women beating tambourines.
26 (E)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the (F)fountain of Israel.
27 (G)Benjamin, the [c]youngest, is there, [d]ruling them,
The leaders of Judah in their company,
The leaders of (H)Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
28 [e]Your God has (I)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, God, You (J)who acted [f]in our behalf.
29 [g]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
(K)Kings will bring gifts to You.
30 Rebuke the (L)animals [h]in the reeds,
The herd of (M)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling the pieces of silver;
He has (N)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
31 [i]Messengers will come from (O)Egypt;
[j](P)Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, you (Q)kingdoms of the earth,
(R)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 To Him who (S)rides upon the [k](T)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, (U)He [l]speaks with His voice, a (V)mighty voice.
34 (W)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel,
And (X)His strength is in the [m]skies.
35 [n]God, You are (Y)awesome from Your [o]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself (Z)gives strength and power to the people.
(AA)Blessed be God!
16 Then it happened, as the ark of the Lord was coming into the city of David, that (A)Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she was contemptuous of him in her heart.
17 Now they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it (B)in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and (C)David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, (D)he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of armies. 19 Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread, one of dates, and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people left, each to his house.
20 But when David returned to bless his own household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel dignified himself today! For (E)he exposed himself today in the sight of his servants’ female slaves, as one of the (F)rabble shamelessly exposes himself!” 21 But David said to Michal, “(G)I was before the Lord, who preferred me to your father and to all his house, to appoint me as ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. So I will [a]celebrate before the Lord! 22 And I might demean myself even more than this and be lowly in my own sight, but with the female slaves of whom you have spoken, with them I am to be held in honor!” 23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not weep.’ 33 For John the Baptist has come neither (A)eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a [a]heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and [b]sinners!’ 35 And yet wisdom (B)is vindicated by all her children.”
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