Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

148 Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places.

² Praise ye Him, all His messengers, Praise ye Him, all His hosts.

³ Praise ye Him, sun and moon, Praise ye Him, all stars of light.

⁴ Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

⁵ They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.

⁶ And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.

⁷ Praise ye Jehovah from the earth, Dragons and all deeps,

⁸ Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word;

⁹ The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,

¹⁰ The wild beast, and all cattle, Creeping thing, and winged bird,

¹¹ Kings of earth, and all peoples, Chiefs, and all judges of earth,

¹² Young men, and also maidens, Aged men, with youths,

¹³ They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour [is] above earth and heavens.

¹⁴ And He exalteth the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints, Of the sons of Israel, a people near Him. Praise ye Jah!

⁵ In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'

⁶ And Solomon saith, `Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as [at] this day.

⁷ And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I [am] a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in;

⁸ and Thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

⁹ and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

¹⁰ And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing,

¹¹ and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,

¹² lo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee;

¹³ and also, that which thou hast not asked I have given to thee, both riches and honour, that there hath not been like thee a man among the kings all thy days;

¹⁴ and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

¹² Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

¹³ The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

¹⁵ `Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,

¹⁶ and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;

¹⁷ and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

¹⁸ I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'

¹⁹ They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'