Bible. Books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
8 To put their kings in chains, and their nobles in fetters of iron,
9 To execute a written judgment on them. This honor is to all His saints. Alleluia.
Psalm 150
[Alleluia.]
1 Praise God in his holiness, praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him according to his might, praise him according to the multitude of his majesty.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet, praise him with the psaltery and the harp.
4 Praise him with the tympanum and the choir, praise him with the strings and the organ.
5 Praise him with loud cymbals, praise him with loud cymbals.
6 Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Alleluia.
Psalm 151
[David's Psalm on Single Combat with Goliath
1 I was the least among my brethren, and the youngest of my father's house; I have tended my father's sheep.
2 My hands made an organ, my fingers tuned the psalter.
3 And who would declare to my Lord? "The Lord Himself, He Himself, heard me.
4 And he sent his messenger, and took me from my father's sheep, and anointed me with the oil of his anointing.
5 My brethren are beautiful and great, but the Lord did not deign to choose from among them.
6 I went out to meet a stranger, and he cursed me with his idols.
7 But I snatched the sword from him, and beheaded him, and delivered the children of Israel from reproach.]
Proverbs of Solomon
Chapter 1
1 Proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,
2 to know wisdom and instruction, to understand the utterances of understanding;
3 to learn the rules of prudence, justice, judgment and righteousness;
4 to give wisdom to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the youth;
5 The wise will listen, and will increase knowledge, and the prudent will find wise counsel;
6 To understand the parable, and the intricate speech, the words of the wise men, and their riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; [good understanding in all who are led by it; and reverence for God is the beginning of understanding;] fools only despise wisdom and instruction.