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Psalm 48

¹Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
²Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
³God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
⁴For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
⁵They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
⁶Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
⁸As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
⁹We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
¹⁰According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
¹³Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Psalm 112

¹Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
²His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
³Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
⁴Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
⁵A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
⁶Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
⁷He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
⁸His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
⁹He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
¹⁰The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

2My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

¹⁴These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
¹⁵But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
¹⁶And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

4Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
²Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
³Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
⁵For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
⁶If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
⁹This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
¹⁰For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
¹¹These things command and teach.
¹²Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
¹³Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
¹⁴Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
¹⁵Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
¹⁶Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.