Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

² Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

³ Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.

⁶ He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.

⁷ ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps,

⁸ fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word,

⁹ mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars,

¹⁰ beasts and all animals; creeping things and flying fowl,

¹¹ kings of the earth and all the peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,

¹² both young men and maidens, the old with the children,

¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above earth and heavens.

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¹⁴ has exalted the horn of his people; let all his merciful ones praise him; even of the sons of Israel, the people near unto him. Halelu-JAH.

⁵ ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what you wish that I shall give thee.

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy slave David, my father, great mercy, according to the way he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great mercy that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

⁷ And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy slave king instead of David my father; and I am but a tender young man; I do not know how to go out or come in.

⁸ And thy slave is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

⁹ Give, therefore, thy slave a hearing heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this thy so great a people?

¹⁰ And the speech pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

¹¹ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thyself long life neither hast asked riches for thyself nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment,

¹² behold, I have done according to thy words: behold, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

¹³ And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee in all thy days.

¹⁴ And if thou wilt walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments as thy father David walked, then I will lengthen thy days.

¹² ¶ Then Jesus spoke again unto them, saying, I AM the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.

¹³ Then the Pharisees said unto him, Thou dost bear witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true, for I know from where I came and where I go; but ye do not know where I came from and where I go.

¹⁵ Ye judge after the flesh, but I judge no one.

¹⁶ And yet if I judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

¹⁷ It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸ I AM one that bears witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me.

¹⁹ Then they said unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father; if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.