Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Ayin
121 I have (A)done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be for Your slave a (B)guarantee for good;
Do not let the arrogant (C)oppress me.
123 My (D)eyes fail with longing for Your salvation
And for Your righteous [a]word.
124 Deal with Your slave (E)according to Your lovingkindness
And (F)teach me Your statutes.
125 (G)I am Your slave; (H)give me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for Yahweh to (I)act,
For they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I (J)love Your commandments
Above gold, even above fine gold.
128 Therefore I deem all Your (K)precepts concerning everything to be right,
I (L)hate every false way.
29 And (A)God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of understanding in his heart, (B)like the sand that is on the seashore. 30 And Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all (C)the sons of the east and (D)all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 And (E)he was wiser than all men, than (F)Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, (G)Calcol, and [a]Darda, the sons of Mahol; and the renown of his name was in all the surrounding nations. 32 (H)He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. 33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. 34 [b]And men (I)came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
The Armor of God
10 Finally, (A)be strong in the Lord and in (B)the might of His strength. 11 (C)Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the (D)schemes of the devil. 12 For our (E)struggle is not against [a](F)flesh and blood, but (G)against the rulers, against the authorities, against the (H)world forces of this (I)darkness, against the (J)spiritual forces of wickedness in (K)the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up (L)the full armor of God, so that you will be able to (M)resist in (N)the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, (O)having girded your loins with truth, and having (P)put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having (Q)shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. 16 [b]In addition to all, having taken up the (R)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the (S)flaming arrows of (T)the evil one, 17 also receive (U)the helmet of salvation, and the (V)sword of the Spirit, which is (W)the word of God,
18 (X)praying at all times [c]with all (Y)prayer and petition (Z)in the Spirit, and to this end, (AA)being on the alert with all (AB)perseverance and (AC)petition for all the saints,
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