Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

² But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

³ And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

⁴ The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

30 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:

² Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

³ I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

⁴ Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

⁵ Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

⁶ Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁷ Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

⁹ lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

¹⁰ Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

2 And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

² For I did not judge [it well] to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified.

³ And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

⁴ and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of [the] Spirit and of power;

⁵ that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.