Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath made the bars of the gates [a]strong, and hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He setteth peace in thy borders, and satisfieth thee with the [b]flour of wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his [c]commandment upon earth, and his word runneth very [d]swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoary frost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can abide the cold thereof?
18 He sendeth his word and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He showeth his [e]word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with every nation, neither have they [f]known his judgments. Praise ye the Lord.
28 3 Because David was forbidden to build the Temple, he willeth Solomon and the people to perform it. 8 Exhorting him to fear the Lord.
1 Now David assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the bands that served the King, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers of all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the [a]eunuchs, and the mighty, and all the men of power, unto Jerusalem.
2 And King David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear ye me, my brethren and my people: I purposed to have built an house of [b]rest for the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for a (A)footstool of our God, and have made ready for the building,
3 But God said unto me, (B)Thou shalt not build an house for my Name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4 Yet as the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be King over Israel forever (for in Judah would he choose a prince, and of the house of [c]Judah is the house of my father, and among the sons of my father he delighted in me to make me king over all Israel)
5 So of all my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath even chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build mine house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7 I will establish therefore his kingdom forever, if he endeavor himself to do my commandments, and my judgments, as [d]this day.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God, that ye may possess this [e]good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you [f]forever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: (C)For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.
10 Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to build [g]the house of the Sanctuary: be strong therefore and [h]do it.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, as a skillful master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon: [a]but let every man take heed how he buildeth upon it.
11 [b]For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 [c]And if any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble,
13 [d]Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by the fire: and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work, that he hath built upon, abide, he shall receive wages.
15 If any man’s work burn, he shall lose, but [e]he shall be saved himself: nevertheless yet as it were by the fire.
16 (A)[f]Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man [g]destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
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