Old/New Testament
Psalm 129
Protection of the Oppressed
A song of ascents.
1 Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—
2 since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.(A)
3 Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.(B)
4 The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the ropes of the wicked.(C)
5 Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.(D)
6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up[a](E)
7 and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.(F)
8 Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”(G)
Psalm 130
Awaiting Redemption
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I call to you, Lord!(H)
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.(I)
3 Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?(J)
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
so that you may be revered.(K)
5 I wait for the Lord; I wait
and put my hope in his word.(L)
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.(M)
7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord.(N)
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with him is redemption in abundance.(O)
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.(P)
Psalm 131
A Childlike Spirit
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.(Q)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too wondrous for me.(R)
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like a weaned child.(S)
3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.(T)
11 Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.(A)
Instructions about Head Coverings
2 Now I praise you[a] because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions(B) just as I delivered(C) them to you. 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head(D) of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,[b](E) and God is the head of Christ.(F) 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors(G) his head. 5 Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.(H) 6 For if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her head be covered.
7 A man should not cover his head, because he is the image(I) and glory of God.(J) So too, woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.(K) 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. 10 This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.(L)
13 Judge(M) for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not even nature itself teach(N) you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace(O) to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?(P) For her hair is given to her[c] as a covering. 16 If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other[d] custom, nor do the churches of God.
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