Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Praise to the Lord for His Holiness
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
(A)He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be [a]moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name—
[b]He is holy.
4 The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who (B)called upon His name;
They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.
7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar;
They kept His testimonies and the [c]ordinance He gave them.
8 You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.
9 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the Lord our God is holy.
Solomon Blesses the Assembly(A)
54 (B)And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 Then he stood (C)and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: 56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given (D)rest[a] to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. (E)There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses. 57 May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. (F)May He not leave us nor forsake us, 58 that He may (G)incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 59 And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day may require, 60 (H)that all the peoples of the earth may know that (I)the Lord is God; there is no other. 61 Let your (J)heart therefore be [b]loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”
Solomon Dedicates the Temple(K)
62 Then (L)the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 On (M)the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the (N)bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 At that time Solomon held (O)a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from (P)the entrance of Hamath to (Q)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, (R)seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.
31 (A)He who comes from above (B)is above all; (C)he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. (D)He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And (E)what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony (F)has certified that God is true. 34 (G)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (H)by measure. 35 (I)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 (J)He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the (K)wrath of God abides on him.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.