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Psalm 129

A song of ascents.

 ² they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
       but they have not gained the victory over me.

 ³ Plowmen have plowed my back
       and made their furrows long.

 ⁴ But the LORD is righteous;
       he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

 ⁵ May all who hate Zion
       be turned back in shame.

 ⁶ May they be like grass on the roof,
       which withers before it can grow;

 ⁷ with it the reaper cannot fill his hands,
       nor the one who gathers fill his arms.

 ⁸ May those who pass by not say,
       "The blessing of the LORD be upon you;
       we bless you in the name of the LORD."

Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

 ² O Lord, hear my voice.
       Let your ears be attentive
       to my cry for mercy.

 ³ If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
       O Lord, who could stand?

 ⁴ But with you there is forgiveness;
       therefore you are feared.

 ⁵ I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
       and in his word I put my hope.

 ⁶ My soul waits for the Lord
       more than watchmen wait for the morning,
       more than watchmen wait for the morning.

 ⁷ O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
       for with the LORD is unfailing love
       and with him is full redemption.

 ⁸ He himself will redeem Israel
       from all their sins.

Psalm 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

 ² But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
       like a weaned child with its mother,
       like a weaned child is my soul within me.

 ³ O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
       both now and forevermore.

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1 Corinthians 11

 ¹Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Propriety in Worship

 ³Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. ⁵And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved. ⁶If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. ⁷A man ought not to cover his head,^[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. ⁸For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; ⁹neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.

 ¹¹In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. ¹²For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. ¹³Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, ¹⁵but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.