Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Yahweh, Save Me

A Psalm of David. When ^[a]he fled from Absalom his son.

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

²² Then ^(A)Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and ^(B)spread out his hands toward heaven. ²³ And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^(C)there is no god like You in heaven above or upon earth beneath, ^(D)keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart, ²⁴ who have kept with Your ^[a]servant, my father David, that which You have ^[b]promised him; indeed, You have ^[c]promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand as it is this day. ²⁵ So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your ^[d]servant David my father that which You have ^[e]promised him, saying, ‘^(E)You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk as you have walked before Me.’ ²⁶ So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly ^[f]endure ^(F)which You have spoken to Your ^[g]servant, my father David.

²⁷ “But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, ^(G)heaven and the ^[h]highest heaven cannot ^[i]contain You; how much less this house which I have built! ²⁸ Yet have regard to the ^(H)prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You today; ^29 (I)that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward ^(J)the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your slave shall pray toward this place. ^30 (K)And listen to the supplication of Your slave and of Your people Israel, ^(L)when they pray toward this place; listen in heaven Your dwelling place; listen and ^(M)forgive.

⁹ “But see to yourselves; for they will ^(A)deliver you to the ^[a]courts, and you will be beaten ^(B)in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a witness to them. ^10 (C)And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations. ^11 (D)And when they lead you away, delivering you up, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given to you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and ^[b]have them put to death. ^13 (E)And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

The Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation

¹⁴ “But ^(F)when you see the ^(G)abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ^15 (H)And the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; ¹⁶ and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. ¹⁷ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ But pray that it may not happen in the winter. ¹⁹ For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^(I)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. ²⁰ And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ^[c]life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ^[d]elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. ²¹ And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ^[e]Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; ²² for false christs and ^(J)false prophets will arise, and will show ^[f](K)signs and ^(L)wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. ²³ But as for you, see! I have told you everything in advance.