Psalms 113; Psalms 114; Psalms 115; 1 Corinthians 6

1 Hallelujah! You servants of the LORD, praise him. Praise the name of the LORD.

2 Thank the name of the LORD now and forever.

3 From where the sun rises to where the sun sets, the name of the LORD should be praised.

4 The LORD is high above all the nations. His glory is above the heavens.

5 Who is like the LORD our God? He is seated on his high throne.

6 He bends down to look at heaven and earth.

7 He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.

8 He seats them with influential people, with the influential leaders of his people.

9 He makes a woman who is in a childless home a joyful mother. Hallelujah!

1 When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's family left people who spoke a foreign language,

2 Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.

3 The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.

4 The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.

5 Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back?

6 Mountains, what made you jump like rams? Hills, what made you jump like lambs?

7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 He turns a rock into a pool filled with water and turns flint into a spring flowing with water.

1 Don't give glory to us, O LORD. Don't give glory to us. Instead, give glory to your name because of your mercy and faithfulness.

2 Why should other nations say, "Where is their God?"

3 Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he wants.

4 Their idols are made of silver and gold. They were made by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.

6 They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell.

7 They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot [even] make a sound with their throats.

8 Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.

9 Israel, trust the LORD. He is your helper and your shield.

10 Descendants of Aaron, trust the LORD. He is your helper and your shield.

11 If you fear the LORD, trust the LORD. He is your helper and your shield.

12 The LORD, who is [always] thinking about us, will bless us. He will bless the descendants of Israel. He will bless the descendants of Aaron.

13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, from the least important to the most important.

14 May the LORD continue to bless you and your children.

15 You will be blessed by the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.

16 The highest heaven belongs to the LORD, but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.

17 Those who are dead do not praise the LORD, nor do those who go into the silence [of the grave].

18 But we will thank the LORD now and forever. Hallelujah!

1 When one of you has a complaint against another, how dare you go to court to settle the matter in front of wicked people. Why don't you settle it in front of God's holy people?

2 Don't you know that God's people will judge the world? So if you're going to judge the world, aren't you capable of judging insignificant cases?

3 Don't you know that we will judge angels, not to mention things in this life?

4 When you have cases dealing with this life, why do you allow people whom the church has a low opinion of to be your judges?

5 You should be ashamed of yourselves! Don't you have at least one wise person who is able to settle disagreements between believers?

6 Instead, one believer goes to court against another believer, and this happens in front of unbelievers.

7 You are already totally defeated because you have lawsuits against each other. Why don't you accept the fact that you have been wronged? Why don't you accept that you have been cheated?

8 Instead, you do wrong and cheat, and you do this to other believers.

9 Don't you know that wicked people won't inherit the kingdom of God? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,

10 or thieves, those who are greedy or drunk, who use abusive language, or who rob people will not inherit the kingdom of God.

11 That's what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God's approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

12 Someone may say, "I'm allowed to do anything," but not everything is helpful. I'm allowed to do anything, but I won't allow anything to gain control over my life.

13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will put an end to both of them. However, the body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

14 God raised the Lord, and by his power God will also raise us.

15 Don't you realize that your bodies are parts of Christ's body? Should I take the parts of Christ's body and make them parts of a prostitute's body? That's unthinkable!

16 Don't you realize that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her? God says, "The two will be one."

17 However, the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

18 Stay away from sexual sins. Other sins that people commit don't affect their bodies the same way sexual sins do. People who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

19 Don't you know that your body is a temple that belongs to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit, whom you received from God, lives in you. You don't belong to yourselves.

20 You were bought for a price. So bring glory to God in the way you use your body.