Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm for Solomon.

¹ ¶ Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

² ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness.

⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the destitute and shall break in pieces the violent.

⁵ They shall fear thee along with the sun and before the moon throughout all generations.

⁶ He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as the dew that waters the earth.

⁷ In his days shall righteousness flourish and abundance of peace until there is no longer any moon.

⁸ He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

⁹ Those that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹¹ Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all Gentiles shall serve him.

¹² For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.

¹³ He shall have mercy on the poor and destitute and shall save the souls of the poor in spirit.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily he shall be given blessings.

¹⁶ There shall be planted a handful of grain in the earth upon the tops of the mountains; its fruit shall thunder like Lebanon; and out of the city they shall blossom like the grass of the earth.

¹⁷ His name shall endure for ever; before the sun his name shall be disseminated, and all Gentiles shall be blessed in him; they shall call him blessed.

¹⁸ ¶ Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, the only one who does wondrous things

¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

²⁰ The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

10 ¶ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with enigmas.

² And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and very much gold and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

³ And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not any thing hid from the king, which he did not tell her.

⁴ And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom and the house that he had built,

⁵ likewise the food of his table and the sitting of his slaves and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, and his butlers and his burnt offering which he sacrificed in the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.

⁶ And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy words and of thy wisdom.

⁷ But I did not believe it until I came, and my eyes have seen that not even the half was told me. Thy wisdom and good exceeds the fame which I heard.

⁸ Blessed are thy men, blessed are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom.

⁹ Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the LORD has always loved Israel, therefore he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

¹⁰ And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great store of spices and precious stones; never again did there come such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

¹¹ And the navy of Hiram, that had brought the gold from Ophir, also brought in from Ophir a great plenty of brazil wood and precious stones.

¹² And the king made of the brazil wood banisters for the house of the LORD and for the king’s houses, harps also and psalteries for the singers; there never had been such brazil wood, nor was it seen again unto this day.

¹³ And King Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her slaves.

¹⁴ ¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

¹⁵ (of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named),

¹⁶ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man,

¹⁷ that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,

¹⁸ may be able to well comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height

¹⁹ and to know the charity of the Christ, which passes all knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

²¹ unto him be glory in the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} by Christ Jesus throughout all generations of the ages of the ages. Amen.