Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

Solomon’s Palace

7 Now ^(A)Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house. ^2 (B)He built the house of the timber from Lebanon; its length was ^[a]a hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. ³ And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. ⁴ There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three ^[b]intervals. ⁵ And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three ^[c]intervals.

⁶ Then he made ^(C)the hall of pillars; its length was ^[d]fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a ^(D)threshold in front of them.

⁷ And he made the hall of the ^(E)throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and ^(F)it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. ^(G)He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, ^(H)whom Solomon had married.

⁹ All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the ^[e]coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

¹⁰ And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ^[f]ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹ And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar. ¹² So ^(I)the large courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams as well as the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and ^(J)the porch of the house.

⁹ “The patriarchs ^(A)became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him, ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his afflictions, and ^(B)granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and his entire household.

¹¹ “Now ^(C)a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers ^[a]could find no food. ¹² But ^(D)when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time. ¹³ And on the second visit, ^(E)Joseph ^[b]made himself known to his brothers, and ^(F)Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh. ¹⁴ Then ^(G)Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, ^(H)seventy-five ^[c](I)people in all. ¹⁵ And ^(J)Jacob went down to Egypt, and he and our fathers died there. ¹⁶ And they were brought back from there to ^[d](K)Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of ^[e]Hamor in ^[f]Shechem.