Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He strengthened the (A)bars of your gates;
He (B)blessed your sons within you.
14 He is the One who (C)sets [a]peace in your borders,
He (D)satisfies you with (E)the [b]finest of the wheat,
15 The One who sends forth His (F)command to the earth;
His (G)word runs very swiftly,
16 The One who gives (H)snow like wool;
He scatters the (I)frost like ashes,
17 Who casts forth His (J)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His (K)cold?
18 He (L)sends forth His word and melts them;
He (M)causes His wind to blow and so the waters flow,
19 Who (N)declares His words to Jacob,
His (O)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He (P)has not done so with any nation;
So as for His judgments, they have (Q)not known them.
[c]Praise Yah!
David Assembles His Commanders
28 And (A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and (B)the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor. 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I (C)had it within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for (D)the footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘(E)You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4 Yet, Yahweh, the God of Israel, (F)chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel (G)forever. For (H)He has chosen Judah to be a ruler; and (I)in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5 (J)Now of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), (K)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 6 And He said to me, ‘Your son (L)Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 7 And I will establish his kingdom forever (M)if he will be strong to do My commandments and My judgments, as [a]is done now.’ 8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek after all the commandments of Yahweh your God so that you may possess the good land and cause your sons after you to inherit it forever.
9 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and (N)serve Him with [b]a whole heart and a delighted soul; (O)for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. (P)If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. 10 See now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; (Q)be strong and act.”
10 According to (A)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder (B)I laid a foundation, and (C)another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay a (D)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, [a]precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 (E)each man’s work will become evident, for (F)the day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test [b]the quality of each man’s work. 14 If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will (G)receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet (H)so as through fire.
16 (I)Do you not know that (J)you are a [c]sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If any man destroys the [d]sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the [e]sanctuary of God is holy, and [f]that is what you are.
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