Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

77 My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.

² In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.

¹¹ Will I remember,—the works of Jah; for I will remember thy wonders of old,

¹² And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.

¹³ O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as God?

¹⁴ Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

¹⁵ Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶ The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:

¹⁷ The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:

¹⁸ The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

¹⁹ Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

²⁰ Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹³ And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

¹⁴ Behold, there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; but now, let my life be precious in thy sight.

¹⁵ And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶ And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

¹⁷ And he died according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; for he had no son.

¹⁸ And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³ And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!

⁴ And Elijah said to him, Elisha, abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! And they came to Jericho.

⁵ And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!

²¹ But, earnestly charging them, he enjoined [them] to say this to no man,

²² saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

²³ And he said to [them] all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;

²⁴ for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, *he* shall save it.

²⁵ For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?

²⁶ For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and [in that] of the Father, and of the holy angels.

²⁷ But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.