Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
148 Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise Him in the high places!
2 Praise Him, all His angels! Praise Him, all His army!
3 Praise Him, Sun and Moon! Praise Him, all bright stars!
4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and waters above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the Name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created.
6 And He has established them forever and ever. He has made an ordinance which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the Earth, you dragons and all depths:
8 fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind — which execute His Word —
9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars,10 beasts and all cattle, creeping things and feathered birds,
11 kings of the Earth and all people, princes and all judges of the world,
12 young men and maidens, also old men and children.
13 Let them praise the Name of the LORD; for only His Name is to be exalted. His praise is above the Earth and the heavens.
14 For He has exalted the horn of His people — a praise for all His saints, for the children of Israel — a people that is near to Him. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD.
9 Wisdom has built her house; hewn out her seven pillars.
2 She has killed her victuals, drawn her wine, and prepared her table.
3 She has sent forth her maidens; cries upon the highest places of the city, saying,
4 “Whoever is simple, let him come here.” To whomever is destitute of wisdom, she says,
5 “Come, eat of my food and drink of the wine I have drawn.
6 “Forsake foolishness and you shall live, and walk in the way of understanding.
7 “He that reproves a scoffer, gets himself shame. And he who rebukes the wicked, gets himself a blot.
8 “Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 “Give to the wise, and he will be the wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD. And the knowledge of holy things is understanding.
11 “For your days shall be multiplied by me. And the years of your life shall be augmented.
12 “If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself. If you are a scoffer, you alone shall suffer.”
8 Dearly beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing: that one day is as a thousand years with the Lord, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord of that promise is not slow as some think of slowness; but is patient toward us, and would have no one perish, but have all come to repentance.
10 But the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, on which the heavens shall pass away with a great rushing noise and the elements shall melt with heat. And the Earth, with the works in it, shall be burnt up.
11 Therefore, seeing that all these things must be dissolved, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness
12 (expecting and earnestly desiring the coming of that Day of God by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with heat)?
13 But we look for new heavens and a new Earth (according to His promise), in which dwells righteousness.
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