Psalms 126; Psalms 127; Psalms 128; 1 Corinthians 10:19-33

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Psalms 126

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."
3 The Lord had done great things for us; we were joyful.
4 Restore our fortunes, Lord, like watercourses in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
6 Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
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Psalms 127

1 Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
2 In vain you get up early and stay up late, eating food earned by hard work; certainly He gives sleep to the one He loves.
3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, children, a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one's youth.
5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. Such men will never be put to shame when they speak with [their] enemies at the city gate.
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Psalms 128

1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways!
2 You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your sons, like young olive trees around your table.
4 In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.
5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
6 and will see your children's children! Peace be with Israel.
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1 Corinthians 10:19-33

19 What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons!
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord's table and the table of demons.
22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23 "Everything is permissible," but not everything is helpful. "Everything is permissible," but not everything builds up.
24 No one should seek his own [good], but [the good] of the other person.
25 Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake, for
26 the earth is the Lord's, and all that is in it.
27 If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.
28 But if someone says to you, "This is food offered to an idol," do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience' sake.
29 I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another person's conscience?
30 If I partake with thanks, why am I slandered because of something for which I give thanks?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God's glory.
32 Give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or the church of God,
33 just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
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