Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

29 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty; give unto the Lord glory and strength.

² Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters.

⁴ The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ He maketh them also to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

⁷ The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the Wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests, and in His temple doth every one speak of His glory.

¹⁰ The Lord sitteth over the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth as King for ever.

¹¹ The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

2 I said in mine heart, “Go now, I will test thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure.” And behold, this also is vanity.

² I said of laughter: “It is madness”; and of mirth: “What good doeth it?”

³ I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine (yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom), and to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

⁴ I made me great work, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards.

⁵ I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

⁶ I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees.

⁷ I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me.

⁸ I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments, and those of all sorts.

⁹ So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

¹⁰ And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

2 And I, brethren, when I came to you declaring unto you the testimony of God, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom.

² For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

³ And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁵ that your faith should not stand on the wisdom of man, but on the power of God.

⁶ However, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, who are coming to nought.

⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world for our glory —

⁸ wisdom which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

⁹ But as it is written: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”

¹⁰ But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.