Old/New Testament
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.
A Song of Ascents.
129 “[a]Many times they have (A)attacked me from my (B)youth up,”
(C)Let Israel say,
2 “[b]Many times they have attacked me from my youth up;
Yet they have (D)not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
4 The Lord (E)is righteous;
He has cut up the (F)ropes of the wicked.
5 May all who (G)hate Zion
Be (H)put to shame and turned backward;
6 May they be like (I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it [c]grows up;
7 With which the harvester does not fill his [d]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his [e](J)arms;
8 Nor do those who pass by say,
“The (K)blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the (L)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
2 Lord, (M)hear my voice!
Let (N)Your ears be attentive
To the (O)sound of my pleadings.
3 If You, [f]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could (P)stand?
4 But there is (Q)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be [g](R)revered.
5 I wait for the Lord, my (S)soul waits,
And I [h]wait (T)for His word.
6 My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen (U)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
7 Israel, (V)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is (W)mercy,
And with Him is (X)abundant redemption.
8 And He will (Y)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.
Childlike Trust in the Lord.
A Song of Ascents, of David.
131 Lord, my heart is not (Z)proud, nor my eyes (AA)arrogant;
Nor do I [i]involve myself in (AB)great matters,
Or in things (AC)too [j]difficult for me.
2 I have certainly (AD)soothed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned (AE)child resting [k]against his mother,
My soul [l]within me is like a weaned child.
3 Israel, (AF)wait for the Lord
(AG)From this time on and forever.
Christian Order
11 (A)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
2 Now (B)I praise you because you (C)remember me in everything and (D)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the (E)head of every man, and [a](F)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the (G)head of Christ. 4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or (H)prophesying disgraces his head. 5 But every (I)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman [b]whose head is (J)shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover [c]her head, have her also [d]cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to [e]have her hair cut off or [f]her head shaved, have her cover [g]her head. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the (K)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For (L)man [h]does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9 for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but (M)woman for the man’s sake. 10 Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman [i]independent of man, nor is man [j]independent of woman. 12 For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and (N)all things originate (O)from God. 13 (P)Judge [k]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering. 16 But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, (Q)we have no [l]such practice, nor have (R)the churches of God.
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