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Psalms 103; Psalms 104; 1 Corinthians 2

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Psalms 103

1 Praise the Lord, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name!
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is.
3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
4 He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy.
5 He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.
6 The Lord judges in favor of the oppressed and gives them their rights.
7 He revealed his plans to Moses and let the people of Israel see his mighty deeds.
8 The Lord is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love.
9 He does not keep on rebuking; he is not angry forever.
10 He does not punish us as we deserve or repay us according to our sins and wrongs.
11 As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.
13 As a father is kind to his children, so the Lord is kind to those who honor him.
14 He knows what we are made of; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;
16 then the wind blows on it, and it is gone - no one sees it again.
17 But for those who honor the Lord, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations
18 of those who are true to his covenant and who faithfully obey his commands.
19 The Lord placed his throne in heaven; he is king over all.
20 Praise the Lord, you strong and mighty angels, who obey his commands, who listen to what he says.
21 Praise the Lord, all you heavenly powers, you servants of his, who do his will!
22 Praise the Lord, all his creatures in all the places he rules. Praise the Lord, my soul!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

Psalms 104

1 Praise the Lord, my soul! O Lord, my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;
2 you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent
3 and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.
4 You use the winds as your messengers and flashes of lightning as your servants.
5 You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.
6 You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.
7 When you rebuked the waters, they fled; they rushed away when they heard your shout of command.
8 They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them.
9 You set a boundary they can never pass, to keep them from covering the earth again.
10 You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.
11 They provide water for the wild animals; there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 In the trees near by, the birds make their nests and sing.
13 From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.
14 You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops
15 and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.
16 The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain - the Lord's own trees, which he planted.
17 There the birds build their nests; the storks nest in the fir trees.
18 The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.
19 You created the moon to mark the months; the sun knows the time to set.
20 You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
21 The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.
22 When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go out to do their work and keep working until evening.
24 Lord, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.
26 The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.
27 All of them depend on you to give them food when they need it.
28 You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.
29 When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came.
30 But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord last forever! May the Lord be happy with what he has made!
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.
34 May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.
35 May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more. Praise the Lord, my soul! Praise the Lord!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

1 Corinthians 2

1 When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning.
2 For while I was with you, I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross.
3 So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear,
4 and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit.
5 Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.
6 Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world - powers that are losing their power.
7 The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made.
8 None of the rulers of this world knew this wisdom. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 However, as the scripture says, "What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him."
10 But it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God's purposes.
11 It is only our own spirit within us that knows all about us; in the same way, only God's Spirit knows all about God.
12 We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.
13 So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit.
14 Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis.
15 Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.
16 As the scripture says, "Who knows the mind of the Lord? Who is able to give him advice?" We, however, have the mind of Christ.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.