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

1 Praise the Lord. Praise him, you who serve the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord.

2 Let us praise the name of the Lord, both now and forever.

3 From the sunrise in the east to the sunset in the west, may the name of the LORD be praised.

4 The LORD is honored over all of the nations. His glory reaches to the highest heavens.

5 Who is like the LORD our God? He sits on his throne in heaven.

6 He bends down to look at the heavens and the earth.

7 He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes.

8 He lets them sit with princes. He lets them sit with the princes of their own people.

9 He gives children to the woman who doesn't have any children. He makes her a happy mother in her own home. Praise the Lord.

1 The people of Israel came out of Egypt. The people of Jacob left a land where a different language was spoken.

2 Then Judah became the holy place where God lived. Israel became the land he ruled over.

3 The Red Sea saw him and parted. The Jordan River stopped flowing.

4 The mountains leaped like rams. The hills skipped like lambs.

5 Red Sea, why did you part? Jordan River, why did you stop flowing?

6 Why did you mountains leap like rams? Why did you hills skip like lambs?

7 Earth, tremble with fear when the Lord comes. Tremble when the God of Jacob is near.

8 He turned the rock into a pool. He turned the hard rock into springs of water.

1 Lord, may glory be given to you, not to us. You are loving and faithful.

2 Why do the nations ask, "Where is their God?"

3 Our God is in heaven. He does anything he wants to do.

4 But the statues of their gods are made out of silver and gold. They are made by the hands of men.

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 have throats, but they can't say anything.

8 Those who make statues of gods will be like them. So will all those who trust in them.

9 People of Israel, trust in the Lord. He helps you. He is like a shield that keeps you safe.

10 Priests of Aaron, trust in the Lord. He helps you. He is like a shield that keeps you safe.

11 You who have respect for the Lord, trust in him. He helps you. He is like a shield that keeps you safe.

12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the people of Israel. He will bless the priests of Aaron.

13 The LORD will bless those who have respect for him. He will bless important and unimportant people alike.

14 May the LORD give you many children. May he give them to you and to your children after you.

15 May the LORD bless you. He is the Maker of heaven and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord. But he has given the earth to human beings.

17 Dead people don't praise the Lord. Those who lie quietly in the grave don't praise him.

18 But we who are alive praise the Lord, both now and forever. Praise the Lord.

1 Suppose one of you wants to bring a charge against another believer. Should you take it to the ungodly to be judged? Why not take it to God's people?

2 Don't you know that God's people will judge the world? And if you are going to judge the world, aren't you able to judge small cases?

3 Don't you know that we will judge angels? Then we should be able to judge the things of this life even more!

4 So if you want to press charges in matters like that, appoint as judges members of the church who aren't very important!

5 I say this to shame you. Is it possible that no one among you is wise enough to judge matters between believers?

6 Instead, one believer goes to court against another. And this happens in front of unbelievers!

7 The very fact that you take another believer to court means you have lost the battle already. Why not be treated wrongly? Why not be cheated?

8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong. And you do it to your brothers and sisters.

9 Don't you know that evil people will not receive God's kingdom? Don't be fooled. Those who commit sexual sins will not receive the kingdom. Neither will those who worship statues of gods or commit adultery. Neither will men who are prostitutes or who commit homosexual acts.

10 Neither will thieves or those who always want more and more. Neither will those who are often drunk or tell lies or cheat. People who live like that will not receive God's kingdom.

11 Some of you used to do those things. But your sins were washed away. You were made holy. You were made right with God. All of that was done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

12 Some of you say, "Everything is permitted for me." But not everything is good for me. Again some of you say, "Everything is permitted for me." But I will not be controlled by anything.

13 Some of you say, "Food is for the stomach. And the stomach is for food." But God will destroy both of them. The body is not meant for sexual sins. The body is meant for the Lord. And the Lord is meant for the body.

14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead. He will also raise us up.

15 Don't you know that your bodies belong to the body of Christ? Should I take what belongs to Christ and join it to a prostitute? Never!

16 Don't you know that when you join yourself to a prostitute, you become one with her in body? Scripture says, "The two will become one."(Genesis 2:24)

17 But anyone who is joined to the Lord becomes one with him in spirit.

18 Keep far away from sexual sins. All the other sins a person commits are outside his body. But sexual sins are sins against one's own body.

19 Don't you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you. You have received him from God. You do not belong to yourselves.

20 Christ has paid the price for you. So use your bodies in a way that honors God.