Old/New Testament
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.
A Song of Ascents.
129 “[a]Many times they have [b](A)persecuted me from my (B)youth up,”
(C)Let Israel now say,
2 “[c]Many times they have [d]persecuted 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 in two the (F)cords of the wicked.
5 May all who (G)hate Zion
Be (H)put to shame and turned backward;
6 Let them be like (I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it [e]grows up;
7 With which the reaper does not fill his [f]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his (J)bosom;
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, O Lord.
2 Lord, (M)hear my voice!
Let (N)Your ears be attentive
To the (O)voice of my supplications.
3 If You, [g]Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (P)stand?
4 But there is (Q)forgiveness with You,
That You may be (R)feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my (S)soul does wait,
And [h](T)in His word do I hope.
6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen (U)for the morning;
Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, (V)hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is (W)lovingkindness,
And with Him is (X)abundant redemption.
8 And He will (Y)redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
Childlike Trust in the Lord.
A Song of Ascents, of David.
131 O Lord, my heart is not (Z)proud, nor my eyes [i](AA)haughty;
Nor do I [j]involve myself in (AB)great matters,
Or in things (AC)too [k]difficult for me.
2 Surely I have (AD)composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned (AE)child rests [l]against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child [m]within me.
3 O Israel, (AF)hope in the Lord
(AG)From this time forth 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 delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to understand that [a]Christ is the (E)head of every man, and (F)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the (G)head of [b]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 she is one and the same as the woman [c]whose head is (J)shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover [d]her head, let her also [e]have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to [f]have her hair cut off or [g]her head shaved, let her cover [h]her head. 7 For a man ought not to 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 [i]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 ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman [j]independent of man, nor is man [k]independent of woman. 12 For as the woman [l]originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and (N)all things [m]originate (O)from God. 13 (P)Judge [n]for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not even nature itself 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 for a covering. 16 But if one is inclined to be contentious, (Q)we have no [o]other practice, nor have (R)the churches of God.
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