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

Psalms 123

1 I lift my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

2 Like a servant's eyes on His master's hand, like a servant girl's eyes on her mistress's hand, so our eyes are on the Lord our God until He shows us favor.

3 Show us favor, Lord, show us favor, for we've had more than enough contempt.

4 We've had more than enough scorn from the arrogant [and] contempt from the proud.

Psalms 124

1 If the Lord had not been on our side- let Israel say-

2 If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

4 Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us;

5 the raging waters would have swept over us.

6 Praise the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net; the net is torn, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalms 125

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

2 Jerusalem-the mountains surround her. And the Lord surrounds His people, both now and forever.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

4 Do what is good, Lord, to the good, to those whose hearts are upright.

5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will banish them with the evildoers. Peace be with Israel.

1 Corinthians 10:1-18

1 Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

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

3 They all ate the same spiritual food,

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

5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.

6 Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil as they did.

7 Don't become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

8 Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.

9 Let us not tempt Christ as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

10 Nor should we complain as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.

11 Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

12 Therefore, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall!

13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape, so that you are able to bear it.

14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

15 I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.

16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread.

18 Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?