Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³ For He has made the bars of the gates strong and has blessed your children within you.

¹⁴ He sets peace on your borders and satisfies you with the flour of wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth His Commandment upon Earth; and His Word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He gives snow like wool and scatters the hoary frost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts forth His ice like morsels. Who can abide the cold thereof?

¹⁸ He sends His Word and melts them. He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹ He shows His Word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

²⁰ He has not dealt so with every nation; nor have they known His judgments. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD

⁵ In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, by night. And God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

⁶ And Solomon said, “You have shown to Your servant David, my father, great mercy when he walked before You in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept this great mercy for him and have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

⁷ “And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David, my father. And I am but a young child and do not know how to go out and in.

⁸ “And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, who cannot be told nor numbered for multitude.

⁹ “Give, therefore, to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, so that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge this, Your mighty people?”

¹⁰ And this pleased the LORD well, that Solomon had desired this thing.

¹¹ And God said to him, “Because you have asked for this thing—and have not asked for long life for yourself or for riches for yourself or for the life of your enemies—but have asked for understanding for yourself, to hear judgment,

¹² “behold, I have done according to your words. Lo, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before. Nor shall there arise anyone like you after you.

¹³ And I have also given you that for which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that among the kings there shall be no one like you all your days.

¹⁴ “And if you will walk in My ways, to keep My Ordinances and My Commandments, as your father David walked, I will prolong your days.”

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.”

¹³ Therefore, the Pharisees said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself. Your record is not true.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered, and said to them, “Even though I bear witness of Myself, My record is true. For I know from where I come, and to where I go. But you cannot tell from where I came, and to where I go.

¹⁵ “You judge after the flesh. I judge no one.

¹⁶ “If, however, I do judge, My judgment is true. For I am not alone, but I and the Father Who sent Me.

¹⁷ “And it is also written in your Law that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸ “I am One who bears witness of Myself. And the Father, Who sent Me, bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹ Then they said to Him, “Where is this Father of Yours?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.