Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Pe
129 Your testimonies are (A)wonderful;
therefore my soul (B)keeps them.
130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts (C)understanding to the simple.
131 I (D)open my mouth and (E)pant,
because I (F)long for your commandments.
132 (G)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your way with those who love your name.
133 (H)Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
and let no iniquity (I)get dominion over me.
134 (J)Redeem me from man's oppression,
that I may keep your precepts.
135 (K)Make your face shine upon your servant,
and (L)teach me your statutes.
136 My eyes (M)shed streams of tears,
because people (N)do not keep your law.
38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, (A)and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and made Solomon ride on King David's mule and brought him to Gihon. 39 There Zadok the priest took the horn of (B)oil from the tent and (C)anointed Solomon. (D)Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, (E)“Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.
41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?” 42 While he was still speaking, behold, (F)Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, (G)for you are a worthy man and bring good news.” 43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king, 44 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the (H)Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they made him ride on the king's mule. 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at (I)Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. 46 (J)Solomon sits on the royal throne. 47 Moreover, the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, (K)‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king (L)bowed himself on the bed. 48 And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, (M)who has granted someone[a] to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”
44 “Our fathers had (A)the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses (B)directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn (C)brought it in with Joshua when they (D)dispossessed the nations (E)that God drove out before our fathers. So it was (F)until the days of David, 46 (G)who found favour in the sight of God and (H)asked to find a dwelling place for (I)the God of Jacob.[a] 47 But it was (J)Solomon who built a house for him. 48 (K)Yet the Most High does not dwell (L)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
49 (M)“‘Heaven is my throne,
(N)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 (O)“You stiff-necked people, (P)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (Q)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (R)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (S)the Righteous One, (T)whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law (U)as delivered by angels and (V)did not keep it.”
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