Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To the Overcomer in Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

² Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

³ My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long?

⁴ Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

⁵ For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

⁶ I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears.

⁷ Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all mine enemies.

⁸ ¶ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹ The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD has received my prayer.

¹⁰ All my enemies shall be ashamed; they shall be sorely troubled: they shall turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

6 ¶ The sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too tight for us.

² Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and each one take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.

³ And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy slaves. And he answered, I will go.

⁴ So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down the wood.

⁵ But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water, and he cried and said, Alas, master! It was borrowed.

⁶ And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. Then he cut down a stick and cast it in there and caused the iron to swim.

⁷ And he said unto him, Take it. And he put out his hand and took it.

¹³ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would have repented a long while ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴ Therefore it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto the heavens, shalt be thrust down to Hades.

¹⁶ He that hears you hears me, and he that despises you despises me, and he that despises me despises him that sent me.