Psalms 123; Psalms 124; Psalms 125; 1 Corinthians 10:1-18

1 I raise my eyes to you— you who rule heaven.

2 Just as the eyes of servants attend to their masters' hand, just as the eyes of a female servant attends to her mistress' hand— that's how our eyes attend to the LORD our God until he has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, LORD! Have mercy because we've had more than enough shame.

4 We've had more than enough mockery from the self-confident, more than enough shame from the proud.

1 If the LORD hadn't been for us— let Israel now repeat!—

2 if the LORD hadn't been for us, when those people attacked us

3 then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us!

4 Then the waters would have drowned us; the torrent would have come over our necks;

5 then the raging waters would have come over our necks!

6 Bless the LORD because he didn't hand us over like food for our enemies' teeth!

7 We escaped like a bird from the hunters' trap; the trap was broken so we escaped!

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.

1 The people who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion: never shaken, lasting forever.

2 Mountains surround Jerusalem. That's how the LORD surrounds his people from now until forever from now!

3 The wicked rod won't remain in the land given to the righteous so that they don't use their hands to do anything wrong.

4 LORD, do good to people who are good, to people whose hearts are right.

5 But as for those people who turn to their own twisted ways— may the LORD march them off with other evildoers! Peace be on Israel!

1 Brothers and sisters, I want you to be sure of the fact that our ancestors were all under the cloud and they all went through the sea.

2 All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

3 All ate the same spiritual food,

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

5 However, God was unhappy with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.

6 These things were examples for us, so we won't crave evil things like they did.

7 Don't worship false gods like some of them did, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and they got up to play.

8 Let's not practice sexual immorality, like some of them did, and twenty-three thousand died in one day.

9 Let's not test Christ, like some of them did, and were killed by the snakes.

10 Let's not grumble, like some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.

11 These things happened to them as an example and were written as a warning for us to whom the end of time has come.

12 So those who think they are standing need to watch out or else they may fall.

13 No temptation has seized you that isn't common for people. But God is faithful. He won't allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.

14 So then, my dear friends, run away from the worship of false gods!

15 I'm talking to you like you are sensible people. Think about what I'm saying.

16 Isn't the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn't the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

17 Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf of bread.

18 Look at the people of Israel. Don't those who eat the sacrifices share from the altar?