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.
The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem
15 Then David made houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and (A)pitched a tent for it. 2 And David said, “(B)No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for Yahweh chose them to carry the ark of [a]God and to minister to Him forever.”
4 And he made some of the Levites ministers before the ark of Yahweh, even to bring remembrance and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then [a]Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David (A)first assigned [b]Asaph and his [c]relatives to give thanks to Yahweh.
Song of Thanksgiving
8 (B)Oh give thanks to Yahweh, call upon His name;
(C)Make known His acts among the peoples.
9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Muse on all His wondrous deeds.
10 Boast in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.
11 (D)Inquire of Yahweh and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
12 (E)Remember His wondrous deeds which He has done,
(F)His miraculous signs and the judgments uttered by His mouth,
13 O seed of Israel His servant,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
Bartimaeus Regains His Sight
35 (A)Now it happened that as [a](B)Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. 36 Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was. 37 They reported to him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 38 And he called out, saying, “Jesus, (C)Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 And those who went ahead were rebuking him so that he would be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “(D)Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him, and when he came near, He questioned him, 41 “What do you want Me to do for you?” And he said, “Lord, I want to regain my sight!” 42 And Jesus said to him, “[b]Receive your sight; (E)your faith has [c]saved you.” 43 Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, (F)glorifying God. And when (G)all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
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