Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

¹⁷ He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸ He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow—the waters flow.

¹⁹ He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

²⁰ He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

28 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the princes of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the captains over thousands, and the captains over hundreds, and the comptrollers of all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the chamberlains, and the mighty men, and all the men of valour, unto Jerusalem.

² And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build.

³ But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

⁴ And Jehovah the God of Israel chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for he has chosen Judah to be the prince; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

⁵ and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.

⁶ And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

⁷ And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.

⁸ And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God,—keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you for ever.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.

¹⁰ Consider now, that Jehovah has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].

¹⁰ According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

¹¹ For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹² Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

¹³ the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.

¹⁴ If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.

¹⁵ If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but *he* shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire.

¹⁶ Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

¹⁷ If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.