Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 101[a]
A psalm of David.
101 I will sing about loyalty and justice.
To you, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will walk[b] in the way of integrity.
When will you come to me?
I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.[c]
3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest.[d]
I hate doing evil;[e]
I will have no part of it.[f]
4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person;[g]
I will not permit[h] evil.
5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.
I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.[i]
6 I will favor the honest people of the land,[j]
and allow them to live with me.[k]
Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.[l]
7 Deceitful people will not live in my palace.[m]
Liars will not be welcome in my presence.[n]
8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,
and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.
9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up[a] against Samaria and besieged it. 10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel, Samaria was captured. 11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel[b] to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. 12 This happened because they did not obey[c] the Lord their God and broke his covenant with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded.[d]
Sennacherib Invades Judah
13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty.[e] If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.”[f] So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay 300 talents[g] of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver in[h] the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace. 16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts that he had plated[i] and gave them to the king of Assyria.
17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser[j] from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went[k] and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.[l] 18 They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna, the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.
6 By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.[b] 7 But reject those myths[c] fit only for the godless and gullible,[d] and train yourself for godliness. 8 For “physical exercise[e] has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.” 9 This saying[f] is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. 10 In fact this is why[g] we work hard and struggle,[h] because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people,[i] especially of believers.
11 Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness,[j] and purity. 13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture,[k] to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have,[l] given to you and confirmed by prophetic words[m] when the elders laid hands on you.[n] 15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.[o] 16 Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach.[p] Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
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