Psalm 115 (MT: Psalm 116)

Translation: ESV

I Love the Lord

1 I love the Lord, because he has heard

    my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2 Because he inclined his ear to me,

    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3 The snares of death encompassed me;

    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

    I suffered distress and anguish.

4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:

    “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;

    our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserves the simple;

    when I was brought low, he saved me.

7 Return, O my soul, to your rest;

    for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For you have delivered my soul from death,

    my eyes from tears,

    my feet from stumbling;

9 I will walk before the Lord

    in the land of the living.

10 I believed, even when I spoke:

    “I am greatly afflicted”;

11 I said in my alarm,

    “All mankind are liars.”

12 What shall I render to the Lord

    for all his benefits to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation

    and call on the name of the Lord,

14 I will pay my vows to the Lord

    in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord

    is the death of his saints.

16 O Lord, I am your servant;

    I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

    You have loosed my bonds.

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17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

    and call on the name of the Lord.

18 I will pay my vows to the Lord

    in the presence of all his people,

19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,

    in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

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1 Corinthians 5

Translation: ESV

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

3 For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. 4 When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

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5 you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”

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Psalm 33 (MT: Psalm 34)

Translation: ESV

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

34 I will bless the Lord at all times;

    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

    let the humble hear and be glad.

3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

    and let us exalt his name together!

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me

    and delivered me from all my fears.

5 Those who look to him are radiant,

    and their faces shall never be ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

    and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps

    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!

    Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

    for those who fear him have no lack!

10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;

    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

11 Come, O children, listen to me;

    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

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12 What man is there who desires life

    and loves many days, that he may see good?

13 Keep your tongue from evil

    and your lips from speaking deceit.

14 Turn away from evil and do good;

    seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous

    and his ears toward their cry.

16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

    to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

    and delivers them out of all their troubles.

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18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted

    and saves the crushed in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

    but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

20 He keeps all his bones;

    not one of them is broken.

21 Affliction will slay the wicked,

    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;

    none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

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Psalm 101 (MT: Psalm 102)

Translation: ESV

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 Hear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry come to you!

2 Do not hide your face from me

    in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

    answer me speedily in the day when I call!

3 For my days pass away like smoke,

    and my bones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;

    I forget to eat my bread.

5 Because of my loud groaning

    my bones cling to my flesh.

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6 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,

    like an owl of the waste places;

7 I lie awake;

    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8 All the day my enemies taunt me;

    those who deride me use my name for a curse.

9 For I eat ashes like bread

    and mingle tears with my drink,

10 because of your indignation and anger;

    for you have taken me up and thrown me down.

11 My days are like an evening shadow;

    I wither away like grass.

12 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;

    you are remembered throughout all generations.

13 You will arise and have pity on Zion;

    it is the time to favor her;

    the appointed time has come.

14 For your servants hold her stones dear

    and have pity on her dust.

15 Nations will fear the name of the Lord,

    and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 For the Lord builds up Zion;

    he appears in his glory;

17 he regards the prayer of the destitute

    and does not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

    so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19 that he looked down from his holy height;

    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,

    to set free those who were doomed to die,

21 that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,

    and in Jerusalem his praise,

22 when peoples gather together,

    and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;

    he has shortened my days.

24 “O my God,” I say, “take me not away

    in the midst of my days—

you whose years endure

    throughout all generations!”

25 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

    and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26 They will perish, but you will remain;

    they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27     but you are the same, and your years have no end.

28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure;

    their offspring shall be established before you.

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Proverbs 7

Translation: ESV

Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

7 My son, keep my words

    and store up my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and you will live;

    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers;

    write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

    and to insight, “You are my relative.”

5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,

    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

6 At the window of my house

    I looked down through the lattice.

7 I saw among the simple,

    I noticed among the young men,

    a youth who had no sense.

8 He was going down the street near her corner,

    walking along in the direction of her house

9 at twilight, as the day was fading,

    as the dark of night set in.

10 Then out came a woman to meet him,

    dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

11 (She is unruly and defiant,

    her feet never stay at home;

12 now in the street, now in the squares,

    at every corner she lurks.)

13 She took hold of him and kissed him

    and with a brazen face she said:

14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,

    and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.

15 So I came out to meet you;

    I looked for you and have found you!

16 I have covered my bed

    with colored linens from Egypt.

17 I have perfumed my bed

    with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;

    let’s enjoy ourselves with love!

19 My husband is not at home;

    he has gone on a long journey.

20 He took his purse filled with money

    and will not be home till full moon.”

21 With persuasive words she led him astray;

    she seduced him with her smooth talk.

22 All at once he followed her

    like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer stepping into a noose

23     till an arrow pierces his liver,

like a bird darting into a snare,

    little knowing it will cost him his life.

24 Now then, my sons, listen to me;

    pay attention to what I say.

25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways

    or stray into her paths.

26 Many are the victims she has brought down;

    her slain are a mighty throng.

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27 Her house is a highway to the grave,

    leading down to the chambers of death.

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Proverbs 23

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1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,

    observe carefully what is before you,

2 and put a knife to your throat

    if you are given to appetite.

3 Do not desire his delicacies,

    for they are deceptive food.

4 Do not toil to acquire wealth;

    be discerning enough to desist.

5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

    for suddenly it sprouts wings,

    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;

    do not desire his delicacies,

7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.

    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,

    but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,

    and waste your pleasant words.

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,

    for he will despise the good sense of your words.

10 Do not move an ancient landmark

    or enter the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Redeemer is strong;

    he will plead their cause against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction

    and your ear to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;

    if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

14 If you strike him with the rod,

    you will save his soul from Sheol.

15 My son, if your heart is wise,

    my heart too will be glad.

16 My inmost being will exult

    when your lips speak what is right.

17 Let not your heart envy sinners,

    but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

18 Surely there is a future,

    and your hope will not be cut off.

19 Hear, my son, and be wise,

    and direct your heart in the way.

20 Be not among drunkards

    or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

    and slumber will clothe them with rags.

22 Listen to your father who gave you life,

    and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;

    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;

    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

25 Let your father and mother be glad;

    let her who bore you rejoice.

26 My son, give me your heart,

    and let your eyes observe my ways.

27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;

    an adulteress is a narrow well.

28 She lies in wait like a robber

    and increases the traitors among mankind.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

    Who has strife? Who has complaining?

Who has wounds without cause?

    Who has redness of eyes?

30 Those who tarry long over wine;

    those who go to try mixed wine.

31 Do not look at wine when it is red,

    when it sparkles in the cup

    and goes down smoothly.

32 In the end it bites like a serpent

    and stings like an adder.

33 Your eyes will see strange things,

    and your heart utter perverse things.

34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

    like one who lies on the top of a mast.

35 “They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt;

    they beat me, but I did not feel it.

When shall I awake?

    I must have another drink.”

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