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

1 Praise the LORD! You who serve the LORD—praise! Praise the LORD's name!

2 Let the LORD's name be blessed from now until forever from now!

3 From sunrise to sunset, let the LORD's name be praised!

4 The LORD is high over all the nations; God's glory is higher than the skies!

5 Who could possibly compare to the LORD our God? God rules from on high;

6 he has to come down to even see heaven and earth!

7 God lifts up the poor from the dirt and raises up the needy from the garbage pile

8 to seat them with leaders— with the leaders of his own people!

9 God nests the once barren woman at home— now a joyful mother with children! Praise the LORD!

1 When Israel came out of Egypt— when the house of Jacob came out from a people who spoke a different language—

2 Judah was God's sanctuary; Israel was God's territory.

3 The sea saw it happen and ran away; the Jordan River retreated!

4 The mountains leaped away like rams; the hills leaped away like lambs!

5 Sea, why did you run away? Jordan, why did you retreat?

6 Mountains, why did you leap away like rams? Hills, why did you leap away like lambs?

7 Earth: Tremble before the Lord! Tremble before the God of Jacob,

8 the one who turned that rock into a pool of water, that flint stone into a spring of water!

1 Not to us, LORD, not to us— no, but to your own name give glory because of your loyal love and faithfulness!

2 Why do the nations say, "Where's their God now?"

3 Our God is in heaven— he can do whatever he wants!

4 Their idols are just silver and gold— things made by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.

6 They have ears, but they can't hear. They have noses, but they can't smell.

7 They have hands, but they can't feel. They have feet, but they can't walk. They can't even make a noise in their throats!

8 Let the people who made these idols and all who trust in them become just like them!

9 But you, Israel, trust in the LORD! God is their help and shield.

10 Trust in the LORD, house of Aaron! God is their help and shield.

11 You who honor the LORD, trust in the LORD! God is their help and shield.

12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us: God will bless the house of Israel; God will bless the house of Aaron;

13 God will bless those who honor the LORD— from the smallest to the greatest.

14 May the LORD add to your numbers— both you and your children.

15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth!

16 The highest heaven belongs to the LORD, but he gave the earth to all people.

17 The dead don't praise the LORD, nor do those who go down to silence.

18 But us? We will bless the LORD from now until forever from now! Praise the LORD!

1 When someone in your assembly has a legal case against another member, do they dare to take it to court to be judged by people who aren't just, instead of by God's people?

2 Or don't you know that God's people will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to judge trivial cases?

3 Don't you know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary things?

4 So then if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint people as judges who aren't respected by the church?

5 I'm saying this because you should be ashamed of yourselves! Isn't there one person among you who is wise enough to pass judgment between believers?

6 But instead, does a brother or sister have a lawsuit against another brother or sister, and do they do this in front of unbelievers?

7 The fact that you have lawsuits against each other means that you've already lost your case. Why not be wronged instead? Why not be cheated?

8 But instead you are doing wrong and cheating—and you're doing it to your own brothers and sisters.

9 Don't you know that people who are unjust won't inherit God's kingdom? Don't be deceived. Those who are sexually immoral, those who worship false gods, adulterers, both participants in same-sex intercourse,

10 thieves, the greedy, drunks, abusive people, and swindlers won't inherit God's kingdom.

11 That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

12 I have the freedom to do anything, but not everything is helpful. I have the freedom to do anything, but I won't be controlled by anything.

13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, and yet God will do away with both. The body isn't for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

14 God has raised the Lord and will raise us through his power.

15 Don't you know that your bodies are parts of Christ? So then, should I take parts of Christ and make them a part of someone who is sleeping around? No way!

16 Don't you know that anyone who is joined to someone who is sleeping around is one body with that person? The scripture says, The two will become one flesh.

17 The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

18 Avoid sexual immorality! Every sin that a person can do is committed outside the body, except those who engage in sexual immorality commit sin against their own bodies.

19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? Don't you know that you have the Holy Spirit from God, and you don't belong to yourselves?

20 You have been bought and paid for, so honor God with your body.