Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 110[a]
A psalm of David.
110 Here is the Lord’s proclamation[b] to my lord:[c]
“Sit down at my right hand[d] until I make your enemies your footstool.”[e]
2 The Lord[f] extends[g] your dominion[h] from Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your people willingly follow you[i] when you go into battle.[j]
On the holy hills[k] at sunrise[l] the dew of your youth[m] belongs to you.[n]
4 The Lord makes this promise on oath[o] and will not revoke it:[p]
“You are an eternal priest[q] after the pattern of[r] Melchizedek.”[s]
5 O Lord,[t] at your right hand
he strikes down[u] kings in the day he unleashes his anger.[v]
6 He executes judgment[w] against[x] the nations.
He fills the valleys with corpses;[y]
he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.[z]
7 From the stream along the road he drinks;
then he lifts up his head.[aa]
Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom
20 Wisdom[a] calls out[b] in the street,
she shouts loudly[c] in the plazas;[d]
21 at the head of the noisy streets[e] she calls,
in the entrances of the gates in the city[f] she utters her words:[g]
22 “How long will you simpletons[h] love naiveté?[i]
How long[j] have mockers[k] delighted in[l] mockery?[m]
And how long[n] will fools[o] hate knowledge?
23 You should respond to[p] my rebuke.[q]
Then[r] I would pour out[s] my thoughts[t] to you;
I would make[u] my words known to you.
24 However,[v] because[w] I called but you refused to listen,[x]
because[y] I stretched out my hand[z] but no one was paying attention,[aa]
25 and you neglected[ab] all my advice,
and did not comply[ac] with my rebuke,
26 so[ad] I myself will laugh[ae] when disaster strikes you,[af]
I will mock when what you dread[ag] comes,
27 when what you dread[ah] comes like a whirlwind,[ai]
and disaster strikes you[aj] like a devastating storm,[ak]
when distressing trouble[al] comes on you.
28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;
they will diligently seek[am] me, but they will not find me.
29 Because[an] they hated moral knowledge,[ao]
and did not choose to fear the Lord,[ap]
30 they did not comply with my advice,
they spurned[aq] all my rebuke.
31 Therefore[ar] they will eat from the fruit[as] of their way,[at]
and they will be stuffed full[au] of their own counsel.
32 For the waywardness[av] of the
simpletons will kill[aw] them,
and the careless ease[ax] of fools will destroy them.
33 But the one who listens[ay] to me will live in security,[az]
and will be at ease[ba] from the dread of harm.”
Passions and Pride
4 Where do the conflicts and where[a] do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this,[b] from your passions that battle inside you?[c] 2 You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask; 3 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God?[d] So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy. 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,[e] “The spirit that God[f] caused[g] to live within us has an envious yearning”?[h] 6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”[i] 7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.[j] 9 Grieve, mourn,[k] and weep. Turn your laughter[l] into mourning and your joy into despair. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
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