Old Testament: 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11), 22-30, 41-43

[¹Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. ⁶Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.¹⁰And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord, ¹¹so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.]

²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. ²³He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart, ²⁴the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as you declared to him; you promised with your mouth and have this day fulfilled with your hand. ²⁵Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children look to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ ²⁶Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David. ²⁷“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! ²⁸Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today;²⁹that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place. ³⁰Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive. ⁴¹“Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a distant land because of your name ⁴²—for they shall hear of your great name, your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm—when a foreigner comes and prays toward this house, ⁴³then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and so that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built.

Psalm: Psalm 84

¹ How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! *
       My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord;
       my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
² The sparrow has found her a house
   and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; *
       by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts,
       my King and my God.
³ Happy are they who dwell in your house! *
       they will always be praising you.
⁴ Happy are the people whose strength is in you! *
       whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way.
⁵ Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, *
       for the early rains have covered it with pools of water.
⁶ They will climb from height to height, *
       and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion.
⁷ Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; *
       hearken, O God of Jacob.
⁸ Behold our defender, O God; *
       and look upon the face of your Anointed.
⁹ For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room, *
       and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
       than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹⁰ For the Lord God is both sun and shield; *
       he will give grace and glory;
¹¹ No good thing will the Lord withhold *
       from those who walk with integrity.
¹² O Lord of hosts, *
       happy are they who put their trust in you!

Old Testament: Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18

¹Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. ²And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ¹⁴“Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

¹⁵Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” ¹⁶Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; ¹⁷for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; ¹⁸and the Lorddrove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

Psalm: Psalm 34:15-22

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, * 
       and his ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, * 
       to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them * 
       and delivers them from all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to the brokenhearted * 
       and will save those whose spirits are crushed.
¹⁹ Many are the troubles of the righteous, * 
       but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.
²⁰ He will keep safe all his bones; * 
       not one of them shall be broken.
²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked, * 
       and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
²² The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, * 
       and none will be punished who trust in him.