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!
16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, (A)Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 So (B)they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in (C)its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David (D)offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, (E)he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 (F)Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.
20 (G)Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, (H)uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the (I)base fellows [a]shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, (J)who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the (K)people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children (L)to the day of her death.
31 [a]And the Lord said, (A)“To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying:
‘We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not weep.’
33 For (B)John the Baptist came (C)neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come (D)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a [b]winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 (E)But wisdom is justified by all her children.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.