Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ I will sing a new song to You, O God—sing to You upon a viol, an instrument of ten strings—

¹⁰ Who gives deliverance to kings, rescues David, His servant, from the hurtful sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talks vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

¹² so that our sons may be as the plants (growing up in their youth) and our daughters as the cornerstones (sculpted in the likeness of a palace);

¹³ so that our corners may be full—abounding with diverse sorts — and that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousand in our streets;

¹⁴ so that our oxen may be strong to labor; so that there is no invasion nor going out nor crying in our streets.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who are so. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. A Psalm of David, of praise

⁶ “Who is she who comes up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense, and with all the spices of the merchant?

⁷ “Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s! Sixty strong men of the valiant men of Israel are all around it.

⁸ “They all handle the sword and are expert in war. Everyone has his sword upon his thigh for the fear at night.

⁹ “King Solomon made himself a palace from the trees of Lebanon.

¹⁰ He made its pillars of silver, its pavement of gold, and its hangings of purple, whose midst was paved with the love of the daughters of Jerusalem.

¹¹ “Come forth, you daughters of Zion, and behold the king, Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and on the day of the gladness of his heart!”

⁶ If you put the brothers in remembrance of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, who has been nourished in the words of faith and good doctrine which you have continually followed.

⁷ But, reject worldly and old wives’ fables. And train yourself towards godliness.

⁸ For bodily exercise profits a little. But godliness is profitable towards all things, having the promise of this life and of that which is to come.

⁹ This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received.

¹⁰ For this we labor and are rebuked: because we trust in the living God, Who is the Savior of all mankind, especially those who believe.

¹¹ Command and teach these things.

¹² Let no one despise your youth. But be an example to those who believe - in word, in conversation, in love, in spirit, in faith and in pureness.

¹³ Until I come, pay attention to reading, to encouragement, and to doctrine.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

¹⁵ Attend to these things. Give yourself to them. So that your progress may be seen among all.

¹⁶ Pay attention to yourself, and to learning. Persist in it. For in so doing, you shall both save yourself and those who hear you.