Saturday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? 2Verse 2. On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. 3Verse 3. Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: 4Verse 4. “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. 5Verse 5. O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding. 6Verse 6. Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right. 7Verse 7. For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. 8Verse 8. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse. 9Verse 9. They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge. 10Verse 10. Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 11Verse 11. For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. 12Verse 12. I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. 13Verse 13. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. 14Verse 14. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength. 15Verse 15. By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws; 16Verse 16. By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly. 17Verse 17. I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. 18Verse 18. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness. 19Verse 19. My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver. 20Verse 20. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, 21Verse 21. bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. 22Verse 22. The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. 23Verse 23. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. 24Verse 24. When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. 25Verse 25. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, 26Verse 26. before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth. 27Verse 27. I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28Verse 28. when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, 29Verse 29. when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. 30Verse 30. Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence. 31Verse 31. I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

1Verse 1. Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed. 2Verse 2. O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. 3Verse 3. The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. 4Verse 4. Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it. 5Verse 5. The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6Verse 6. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. 7Verse 7. Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. 8Verse 8. The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. 9Verse 9. The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.