Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
20 I have (A)found David My [a]servant;
With My holy (B)oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom (C)My hand will be established;
My arm also will (D)strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not [b]deceive him,
Nor the [c](E)son of unrighteousness afflict him.
23 But I shall (F)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 My (G)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his (H)horn will be exalted.
25 I shall also set his hand (I)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are (J)my Father,
My God, and the (K)rock of my salvation.’
27 I also shall make him My (L)firstborn,
The (M)highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My (N)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My (O)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 So I will set up his (P)seed to endure forever
And his (Q)throne (R)as the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons (S)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they profane My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the (T)rod
And their iniquity with striking.
33 But I will not break off (U)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My (V)covenant I will not profane,
Nor will I (W)alter what comes forth from My lips.
35 [d]Once I have (X)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His (Y)seed shall endure forever
And his (Z)throne (AA)as the sun before Me.
37 It shall be established forever (AB)like the moon,
And the (AC)witness in the sky is faithful.” [e]Selah.
David Takes More Wives
14 (A)Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him. 2 Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was lifted up, for the sake of His people Israel.
In Athens
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at (A)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning (B)in the synagogue with the Jews and (C)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [a]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would (D)this [b]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was proclaiming the good news of (E)Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they (F)took him and brought him [c]to the [d](G)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what (H)this new teaching is [e]which you are speaking? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. So we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers (I)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)
22 So Paul stood in the midst of the [f]Areopagus and said, “Men of (J)Athens, I observe that you are very (K)religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the (L)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what (M)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 (N)The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is (O)Lord of heaven and earth, does not (P)dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, (Q)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and (R)He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having (S)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, (T)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (U)in Him we live and move and [g]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’ 29 Being then the offspring of God, we (V)ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man. 30 Therefore having (W)overlooked (X)the times of ignorance, God is (Y)now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed (Z)a day in which (AA)He will judge [h](AB)the world in righteousness [i]through a Man whom He (AC)determined, having furnished proof to all [j]by (AD)raising Him from the dead.”
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