Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

124 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
    (Let Israel repeat this.)
² What if the Lord had not been on our side
    when we were attacked?
³ When they were angry with us,
    they would have swallowed us alive.
⁴ They would have been like a flood drowning us;
    they would have poured over us like a river.
⁵ They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

⁴ “Listen, everyone, I’m calling out to you;
    I am shouting to all people.
⁵ You who are uneducated, seek wisdom.
    You who are foolish, get understanding.
⁶ Listen, because I have important things to say,
    and what I tell you is right.
⁷ What I say is true,
    I refuse to speak evil.
⁸ Everything I say is honest;
    nothing I say is crooked or false.
⁹ People with good sense know what I say is true;
    and those with knowledge know my words are right.
¹⁰ Choose my teachings instead of silver,
    and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
¹¹ Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
    Nothing you could want is equal to it.