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Psalms 119:1-88; 1 Corinthians 7:20-40

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Psalms 119:1-88

1 Those whose way is blameless— who walk in the LORD's Instruction—are truly happy!
2 Those who guard God's laws are truly happy! They seek God with all their hearts.
3 They don't even do anything wrong! They walk in God's ways.
4 God, you have ordered that your decrees should be kept most carefully.
5 How I wish my ways were strong when it comes to keeping your statutes!
6 Then I wouldn't be ashamed when I examine all your commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you with a heart that does right as I learn your righteous rules.
8 I will keep your statutes. Please don't leave me all alone!
9 How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you've said.
10 I have sought you with all my heart. Don't let me stray from any of your commandments!
11 I keep your word close, in my heart, so that I won't sin against you.
12 You, LORD, are to be blessed! Teach me your statutes.
13 I will declare out loud all the rules you have spoken.
14 I rejoice in the content of your laws as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
15 I will think about your precepts and examine all your paths.
16 I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget what you have said.
17 Be good to your servant so I can go on living and keeping your word.
18 Open my eyes so I can examine the wonders of your Instruction!
19 I'm an immigrant in the land. Don't hide your commandments from me!
20 I'm worn out by longing every minute for your rules!
21 You rebuke the arrogant, accursed people who stray from your commandments.
22 Take all their insults and contempt away from me because I've kept your laws!
23 Even if rulers gather and scheme against me, your servant will contemplate your statutes!
24 Yes, your laws are my joy— they are my most trusted advisors!
25 My life is stuck in the dirt. Now make me live again according to your promise!
26 I confessed my ways and you answered me. Now teach me your statutes!
27 Help me understand what your precepts are about so I can contemplate your wondrous works!
28 My spirit sags because of grief. Now raise me up according to your promise!
29 Remove all false ways from me; show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.
30 I've chosen the way of faithfulness; I'm set on your rules.
31 I'm holding tight to your laws, LORD. Please don't let me be put to shame.
32 I run the same path as your commandments because you give my heart insight.
33 LORD, teach me what your statutes are about, and I will guard every part of them.
34 Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction and keep it with all my heart.
35 Lead me on the trail of your commandments because that is what I want.
36 Turn my heart to your laws, not to greedy gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Make me live by your way.
38 Confirm your promise to your servant— the promise that is for all those who honor you.
39 Remove the insults that I dread because your rules are good.
40 Look how I desire your precepts! Make me live by your righteousness.
41 LORD, let your faithful love come to me— let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
42 so I can have a response for those who mock me because I have trusted in your word!
43 Please don't take your true word out of my mouth, because I have waited for your rules.
44 I will always keep your Instruction, always and forever!
45 I will walk around in wide-open spaces, because I have pursued your precepts.
46 I will talk about your laws before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
47 I will rejoice in your commandments because I love them.
48 I will lift up my hands to your commandments because I love them, and I will contemplate all your statutes.
49 Remember your promise to your servant, for which you made me wait.
50 My comfort during my suffering is this: your word gives me new life.
51 The arrogant make fun of me to no end, but I haven't deviated from your Instruction.
52 When I remember your ancient rules, I'm comforted, LORD.
53 But I'm seized with anger because of the wicked— because of those who abandon your Instruction.
54 Your statutes have been my songs of praise wherever I lived as an immigrant.
55 LORD, I remember your name at nighttime, and I keep your Instruction.
56 This has been my practice because I guard your precepts.
57 The LORD is my possession. I promise to do what you have said.
58 I've sought your favor with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word.
59 I've considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.
60 I hurry to keep your commandments— I never put it off!
61 Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes, I haven't forgotten your Instruction.
62 I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to you because of your righteous rules.
63 I'm a friend to everyone who honors you and to all who keep your precepts.
64 LORD, the world is full of your faithful love! Teach me your statutes!
65 You have treated your servant well, LORD, according to your promise.
66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment because I've put my trust in your commandments.
67 Before I suffered, I took the wrong way, but now I do what you say.
68 You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!
69 The arrogant cover me with their lies, but I guard your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber, but I rejoice in your Instruction.
71 My suffering was good for me, because through it I learned your statutes.
72 The Instruction you've given to me is better than thousands of pieces of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me and set me in place. Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.
74 Then those who honor you will see me and be glad because I have waited for your promise.
75 LORD, I know that your rules are right and that you rightly made me suffer.
76 Please let your faithful love comfort me, according to what you've said to your servant.
77 Let your compassion come to me so I can live again, because your Instruction is my joy!
78 But let the arrogant be ashamed because they oppressed me with lies— meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!
79 Let the people who honor you come back to me; let those who know your precepts return to me.
80 Let my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I am not put to shame.
81 My whole being yearns for your saving help! I wait for your promise.
82 My eyes are worn out looking for your word. "When will you comfort me?" I ask,
83 because I've become like a bottle dried up by smoke, though I haven't forgotten your statutes.
84 How much more time does your servant have? When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me— those people who act against your Instruction.
86 All your commandments are true, but people harass me for no reason. Help me!
87 They've almost wiped me off the face of the earth! Meanwhile, I haven't abandoned your precepts!
88 Make me live again according to your faithful love so I can keep the law you've given!
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1 Corinthians 7:20-40

20 Each person should stay in the situation they were in when they were called.
21 If you were a slave when you were called, don't let it bother you. But if you are actually able to be free, take advantage of the opportunity.
22 Anyone who was a slave when they were called by the Lord has the status of being the Lord's free person. In the same way, anyone who was a free person when they were called is Christ's slave.
23 You were bought and paid for. Don't become slaves of people.
24 So then, brothers and sisters, each of you should stay with God in the situation you were in when you were called.
25 I don't have a command from the Lord about people who have never been married, but I'll give you my opinion as someone you can trust because of the Lord's mercy.
26 So I think this advice is good because of the present crisis: Stay as you are.
27 If you are married, don't get a divorce. If you are divorced, don't try to find a spouse.
28 But if you do marry, you haven't sinned; and if someone who hasn't been married gets married, they haven't sinned. But married people will have a hard time, and I'm trying to spare you that.
29 This is what I'm saying, brothers and sisters: The time has drawn short. From now on, those who have wives should be like people who don't have them.
30 Those who are sad should be like people who aren't crying. Those who are happy should be like people who aren't happy. Those who buy something should be like people who don't have possessions.
31 Those who use the world should be like people who aren't preoccupied with it, because this world in its present form is passing away.
32 I want you to be free from concerns. A man who isn't married is concerned about the Lord's concerns—how he can please the Lord.
33 But a married man is concerned about the world's concerns—how he can please his wife.
34 His attention is divided. A woman who isn't married or who is a virgin is concerned about the Lord's concerns so that she can be dedicated to God in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the world's concerns—how she can please her husband.
35 I'm saying this for your own advantage. It's not to restrict you but rather to promote effective and consistent service to the Lord without distraction.
36 If someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward an unmarried woman whom he knows, and if he has strong feelings and it seems like the right thing to do, he should do what he wants—he's not sinning—they should get married.
37 But if a man stands firm in his decision, and doesn't feel the pressure, but has his own will under control, he does right if he decides in his own heart not to marry the woman.
38 Therefore, the one who marries the unmarried woman does right, and the one who doesn't get married will do even better.
39 A woman is obligated to stay in her marriage as long as her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wants, only it should be a believer in the Lord.
40 But in my opinion, she will be happier if she stays the way she is. And I think that I have God's Spirit too.
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