Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

20 The LORD hear you on the day of trouble. The Name of the God of Jacob defend you;

² send you help from the Sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion.

³ Let Him remember all your offerings and turn your burnt offerings into ashes. Selah.

⁴ Grant you according to your heart and fulfill all your purpose,

⁵ so that we may rejoice in your salvation—and set up the banner in the Name of our God—when the LORD shall perform all your petitions.

⁶ Now I know that the LORD will help His anointed; and will hear him from His Sanctuary, by the mighty help of His right hand.

⁷ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses. But we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.

⁸ They are brought down and fallen. But we are risen and stand upright.

⁹ Save, LORD! Let the king hear us on the day that we call! To him who excels: A Psalm of David.

⁵ In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, by night. And God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

⁶ And Solomon said, “You have shown to Your servant David, my father, great mercy when he walked before You in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept this great mercy for him and have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

⁷ “And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David, my father. And I am but a young child and do not know how to go out and in.

⁸ “And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, who cannot be told nor numbered for multitude.

⁹ “Give, therefore, to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, so that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge this, Your mighty people?”

¹⁰ And this pleased the LORD well, that Solomon had desired this thing.

¹¹ And God said to him, “Because you have asked for this thing—and have not asked for long life for yourself or for riches for yourself or for the life of your enemies—but have asked for understanding for yourself, to hear judgment,

¹² “behold, I have done according to your words. Lo, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before. Nor shall there arise anyone like you after you.

¹³ And I have also given you that for which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that among the kings there shall be no one like you all your days.

¹⁴ “And if you will walk in My ways, to keep My Ordinances and My Commandments, as your father David walked, I will prolong your days.”

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.”

¹³ Therefore, the Pharisees said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself. Your record is not true.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered, and said to them, “Even though I bear witness of Myself, My record is true. For I know from where I come, and to where I go. But you cannot tell from where I came, and to where I go.

¹⁵ “You judge after the flesh. I judge no one.

¹⁶ “If, however, I do judge, My judgment is true. For I am not alone, but I and the Father Who sent Me.

¹⁷ “And it is also written in your Law that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸ “I am One who bears witness of Myself. And the Father, Who sent Me, bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹ Then they said to Him, “Where is this Father of Yours?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.