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Psalm 132

¹Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
²How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
³Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
⁴I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
⁵Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
⁶Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
⁷We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
⁸Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
⁹Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
¹⁰For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
¹¹The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
¹²If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
¹³For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
¹⁴This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
¹⁷There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
¹⁸His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

39But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof, will seek out the wisdom of all the ancient, and be occupied in prophecies.
²He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.
³He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
⁴He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
⁵He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and will pray before the most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and make supplication for his sins.
⁶When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give thanks unto the Lord in his prayer.
⁷He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.
⁸He shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.

2And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
²For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
³And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
⁴And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
⁵That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
⁶Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
⁷But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
⁸Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
⁹But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
¹⁰But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
¹¹For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
¹²Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
¹³Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
¹⁴But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
¹⁵But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
¹⁶For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.