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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 119:129-136

פ (Pe)

129 Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines.[a]
They give[b] insight to the untrained.[c]
131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long[d] for your commands.
132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,
as you typically do to your loyal followers.[e]
133 Direct my steps by your word.[f]
Do not let any sin dominate me.
134 Deliver me[g] from oppressive men,
so that I can keep[h] your precepts.
135 Smile[i] on your servant.
Teach me your statutes!
136 Tears stream down from my eyes,[j]
because people[k] do not keep your law.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:130 tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
  2. Psalm 119:130 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
  3. Psalm 119:130 tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.
  4. Psalm 119:131 tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.
  5. Psalm 119:132 tn Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the Lord’s loyal followers. See Pss 5:11; 69:36; Isa 56:6.
  6. Psalm 119:133 tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).
  7. Psalm 119:134 tn Or “redeem me.”
  8. Psalm 119:134 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
  9. Psalm 119:135 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”
  10. Psalm 119:136 tn Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”
  11. Psalm 119:136 tn Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 Kings 1:28-37

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

28 King David responded,[a] “Summon Bathsheba!”[b] She came and stood before the king.[c] 29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me[d] from every danger), 30 I will keep[e] today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’” 31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor[f] and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,[g] and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king, 33 and he[h] told them, “Take your master’s[i] servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.[j] 34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint[k] him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed[l] that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded[m] to the king: “So be it![n] May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it![o] 37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”[p]

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:28 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
  3. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
  4. 1 Kings 1:29 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
  5. 1 Kings 1:30 tn Or “carry out, perform.”
  6. 1 Kings 1:31 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
  7. 1 Kings 1:32 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.
  8. 1 Kings 1:33 tn Heb “the king.”
  9. 1 Kings 1:33 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
  10. 1 Kings 1:33 tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”
  11. 1 Kings 1:34 tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).
  12. 1 Kings 1:35 tn Or “commanded.”
  13. 1 Kings 1:36 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  14. 1 Kings 1:36 tn Or “Amen.”
  15. 1 Kings 1:36 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”
  16. 1 Kings 1:37 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
1 Corinthians 4:14-20

A Father’s Warning

14 I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 15 For though you may have 10,000 guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I encourage you, then, be imitators of me. 17 For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ,[a] as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some have become arrogant,[b] as if I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power. 20 For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:17 tc ‡ Several significant mss read ᾿Ιησοῦ (Iēsou, “Jesus”) after Χριστῷ (Christō, “Christ”) in v. 17 (so P46 א C D1 33 1739 al). Western mss have κυρίῳ ᾿Ιησοῦ (kuriō Iēsou, “Lord Jesus”; D* F G), while several significant mss, as well as the majority, have only Χριστῷ here (A B D2 Ψ M sa). Once ᾿Ιησοῦ got into the text, it would continue to be copied. There is however no easy explanation for the word lacking in so many witnesses. Thus the shorter reading appears to be autographic. NA28 includes ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:18 tn Grk “puffed up”; “inflated.”
New English Translation (NET)

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