Psalms 100; Psalms 101; Psalms 102; 1 Corinthians 1

Psalms 100

1 Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.

3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are His - His people, the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name.

5 For the Lord is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.

Psalms 101

1 I will sing of faithful love and justice; I will sing praise to You, Lord.

2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will live with integrity of heart in my house.

3 I will not set anything godless before my eyes. I hate the doing of transgression; it will not cling to me.

4 A devious heart will be far from me; I will not be involved with evil.

5 I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

6 My eyes [favor] the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me.

7 No one who acts deceitfully will live in my palace; no one who tells lies will remain in my presence.

8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating all evildoers from the Lord's city.

Psalms 102

1 Lord, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before You.

2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call.

3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.

5 Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones.

6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

7 I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

8 My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me.

9 I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears

10 because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.

11 My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.

12 But You, Lord, are enthroned forever; Your fame [endures] to all generations.

13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her- the appointed time has come.

14 For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.

15 Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

16 for the Lord will rebuild Zion; He will appear in His glory.

17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

18 This will be written for a later generation, and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

19 He looked down from His holy heights- the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth-

20 to hear a prisoner's groaning, to set free those condemned to die,

21 so that they might declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem,

22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; He has shortened my days.

24 I say: "My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! Your years continue through all generations.

25 Long ago You established the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

26 They will perish, but You will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away.

27 But You are the same, and Your years will never end.

28 Your servants' children will dwell [securely], and their offspring will be established before You."

1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and our brother Sosthenes:

2 To God's church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord-theirs and ours.

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I always thank my God for you because of God's grace given to you in Christ Jesus,

5 that by Him you were made rich in everything-in all speaking and all knowledge-

6 as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,

7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

8 He will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful; by Him you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same thing, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.

11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe's household, that there are quarrels among you.

12 What I am saying is this: each of you says, "I'm with Paul," or "I'm with Apollos," or "I'm with Cephas," or "I'm with Christ."

13 Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul's name?

14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 so that no one can say you had been baptized in my name.

16 I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't know if I baptized anyone else.

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel-not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied [of its effect].

18 For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is God's power.

19 For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

20 Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made the world's wisdom foolish?

21 For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

22 For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

24 Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God's power and God's wisdom,

25 because God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.

26 Brothers, consider your calling: not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

27 Instead, God has chosen the world's foolish things to shame the wise, and God has chosen the world's weak things to shame the strong.

28 God has chosen the world's insignificant and despised things-the things viewed as nothing-so He might bring to nothing the things that are viewed as something,

29 so that no one can boast in His presence.

30 But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who for us became wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

31 in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.