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

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Psalms 123

1 Lord, I look upward to you, you who live in heaven.
2 Slaves depend on their masters, and a female servant depends on her mistress. In the same way, we depend on the Lord our God; we wait for him to show us mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us, because we have been insulted.
4 We have suffered many insults from lazy people and much cruelty from the proud. A song for going up to worship. Of David.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalms 124

1 What if the Lord had not been on our side? (Let Israel repeat this.)
2 What if the Lord had not been on our side when we were attacked?
3 When they were angry with us, they would have swallowed us alive.
4 They would have been like a flood drowning us; they would have poured over us like a river.
5 They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.
6 Praise the Lord, who did not let them chew us up.
7 We escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap broke, and we escaped.
8 Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. A song for going up to worship.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalms 125

1 Those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which sits unmoved forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, the Lord surrounds his people now and forever.
3 The wicked will not rule over those who do right. If they did, the people who do right might use their power to do evil.
4 Lord, be good to those who are good, whose hearts are honest.
5 But, Lord, when you remove those who do evil, also remove those who stop following you. Let there be peace in Israel. Lord, Bring Your People Back A song for going up to worship.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

1 Corinthians 10:1-18

1 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the cloud and all went through the sea.
2 They were all baptized as followers of Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.
5 But God was not pleased with most of them, so they died in the desert.
6 And these things happened as examples for us, to stop us from wanting evil things as those people did.
7 Do not worship idols, as some of them did. Just as it is written in the Scriptures: "They sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up and sinned sexually."
8 We must not take part in sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day twenty-three thousand of them died because of their sins.
9 We must not test Christ as some of them did; they were killed by snakes.
10 Do not complain as some of them did; they were killed by the angel that destroys.
11 The things that happened to those people are examples. They were written down to teach us, because we live in a time when all these things of the past have reached their goal.
12 If you think you are strong, you should be careful not to fall.
13 The only temptation that has come to you is that which everyone has. But you can trust God, who will not permit you to be tempted more than you can stand. But when you are tempted, he will also give you a way to escape so that you will be able to stand it.
14 So, my dear friends, run away from the worship of idols.
15 I am speaking to you as to intelligent people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 We give thanks for the cup of blessing, which is a sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.
17 Because there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share that one loaf.
18 Think about the Israelites: Do not those who eat the sacrifices share in the altar?
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.