Psalms 105; Psalms 106; 1 Corinthians 3

Psalms 105

1 (104-1) Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

2 (104-2) Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.

3 (104-3) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4 (104-4) Seek ye the lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

5 (104-5) Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

6 (104-6) O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

7 (104-7) He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

8 (104-8) He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

9 (104-9) Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

10 (104-10) And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

11 (104-11) Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.

12 (104-12) When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

13 (104-13) And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

14 (104-14) He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

15 (104-15) Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

16 (104-16) And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

17 (104-17) He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

18 (104-18) They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

19 (104-19) Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

20 (104-20) The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

21 (104-21) He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.

22 (104-22) That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.

23 (104-23) And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

24 (104-24) And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.

25 (104-25) He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

26 (104-26) He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

27 (104-27) He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

28 (104-28) He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

29 (104-29) He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

30 (104-30) Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.

31 (104-31) He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.

32 (104-32) He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.

33 (104-33) And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

34 (104-34) He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

35 (104-35) And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

36 (104-36) And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.

37 (104-37) And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

38 (104-38) Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.

39 (104-39) He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

40 (104-40) They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

41 (104-41) He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

42 (104-42) Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

43 (104-43) And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

44 (104-44) And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

45 (104-45) That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.

Psalms 106

1 (105-1) Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 (105-2) Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

3 (105-3) Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

4 (105-4) Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

5 (105-5) That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

6 (105-6) We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

7 (105-7) Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

8 (105-8) And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.

9 (105-9) And he rebuked the Red Sea and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

10 (105-10) And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 (105-11) And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

12 (105-12) And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

13 (105-13) They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsel.

14 (105-14) And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

15 (105-15) And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

16 (105-16) And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

17 (105-17) The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18 (105-18) And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

19 (105-19) They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

20 (105-20) And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

21 (105-21) They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

22 (105-22) Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

23 (105-23) And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 (105-24) And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

25 (105-25) And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

26 (105-26) And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

27 (105-27) And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

28 (105-28) They also were initiated to Beelpheor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 (105-29) And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

30 (105-30) Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

31 (105-31) And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

32 (105-32) They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

33 (105-33) Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

34 (105-34) They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

35 (105-35) And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

36 (105-36) And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

37 (105-37) And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

38 (105-38) And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

39 (105-39) And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

40 (105-40) And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 (105-41) And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

42 (105-42) And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

43 (105-43) Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 (105-44) And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

45 (105-45) And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 (105-46) And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

47 (105-47) Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

48 (105-48) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.

1 Corinthians 3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink, not meat: for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able: for you are yet carnal.

3 For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal and walk you not according to man?

4 For while one saith: I indeed am of Paul: and another: I am of Apollo: are you not men? What then is Apollo and what is Paul?

5 The ministers of him whom you have believed: and to every one as the Lord hath given.

6 I have planted, Apollo watered: but God gave the increase.

7 Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.

8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth, are one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

9 For we are God’s coadjutors. You are God’s husbandry: you are God’s building.

10 According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation: and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus.

12 Now, if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:

13 Every man’s work shall be manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire. And the fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.

14 If any man’s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any mans work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.

16 Know you not that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

20 And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

21 Let no man therefore glory in men.

22 For all things are yours, whether it be Paul or Apollo or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. For all are yours.

23 And you are Christ’s. And Christ is God’s.