Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David. [a]When he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, (A)You are my God; I shall seek You [b]earnestly;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh [c]yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and weary land without water.
2 Thus I have (D)beheld You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your (E)lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will laud You.
4 Thus I will bless You (F)as long as I live;
I will (G)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is (H)satisfied as with fatness and richness,
And my mouth offers (I)praises with lips of joyful songs.
6 When I remember You (J)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the (K)night watches,
7 For (L)You have been my help,
And in the (M)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings [d]to You;
Your (O)right hand upholds me.
9 But those who (P)seek my [e]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [f](Q)depths of the earth.
10 [g]They will be (R)delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a (S)portion for foxes.
11 But the (T)king will be glad in God;
Everyone who (U)swears by Him will boast,
For the (V)mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.
55 Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is (A)this young man?” And Abner said, “By your life, O king, I do not know.” 56 And the king said, “You inquire whose son the youth is.” 57 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and (B)brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “(C)I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Jonathan Cuts a Covenant with David
18 Now it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, that (D)the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and (E)Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and (F)did not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then (G)Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul. 4 (H)And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even his sword and his bow and his belt. 5 So David went out wherever Saul sent him and [a]prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the (A)seventh angel sounded, and there were (B)loud voices in heaven, saying,
“(C)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of (D)His [a]Christ, and (E)He will reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders, who (F)sit on their thrones before God, (G)fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,
“We give You thanks, (H)O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to (I)reign. 18 And (J)the nations were enraged, and (K)Your rage came, and (L)the time came for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your (M)slaves—the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, (N)the small and the great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
19 And (O)the sanctuary of God which is in heaven was opened, and (P)the ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary, and there were flashes of (Q)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a (R)great [b]hailstorm.
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