Psalm 134

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Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

134 Come, bless the Lord, all you ^(B)servants of the Lord,
who ^(C)stand ^(D)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(E)Lift up your hands to ^(F)the holy place
and bless the Lord!

³May the Lord ^(G)bless you ^(H)from Zion,
he who ^(I)made heaven and earth!

Proverbs 8:32-9:6

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³²“And now, ^(A)O sons, listen to me:
    ^(B)blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³^(C)Hear instruction and be wise,
    and do not neglect it.
³⁴^(D)Blessed is the one who listens to me,
    watching daily at my gates,
    waiting beside my doors.
³⁵For ^(E)whoever finds me ^(F)finds life
    and ^(G)obtains favor from the Lord,
³⁶but he who fails to find me ^(H)injures himself;
    all who ^(I)hate me ^(J)love death.”

The Way of Wisdom

9 ^(K)Wisdom has built her house;
    she has hewn her ^(L)seven ^(M)pillars.
²She has ^(N)slaughtered her beasts; she has ^(O)mixed her wine;
    she has also ^(P)set her table.
³She has ^(Q)sent out her young women to ^(R)call
    from ^(S)the highest places in the town,
⁴^(T)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    ^(U)To him who lacks sense she says,
⁵“Come, ^(V)eat of my bread
    and ^(W)drink of ^(X)the wine I have mixed.
⁶Leave ^(Y)your simple ways,^[a] and ^(Z)live,
    ^(AA)and walk in the way of insight.”

Footnotes

Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple

1 Peter 2:1-3

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A Living Stone and a Holy People

2 ^(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. ²^(B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^(C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— ³if indeed you have ^(D)tasted that the Lord is good.