Psalm 130-132

English Standard Version

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(C)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(O)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(Q)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of ^(R)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not ^(S)lifted up;
    my eyes are not ^(T)raised too high;
I do not ^(U)occupy myself with things
    too great and ^(V)too marvelous for me.
²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned ^(W)child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³^(X)O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.

The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of ^(Y)Ascents.

132 Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,
    all ^(Z)the hardships he endured,
²how he swore to the Lord
    and ^(AA)vowed to ^(AB)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I will not enter my house
    or get into my bed,
⁴I will not ^(AC)give sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵until I ^(AD)find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling place for ^(AE)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard of it in ^(AF)Ephrathah;
we found it in ^(AG)the fields of Jaar.
⁷“Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us ^(AH)worship at his ^(AI)footstool!”

⁸^(AJ)Arise, O Lord, and go to your ^(AK)resting place,
    you and the ark of your ^(AL)might.
⁹Let your ^(AM)priests be ^(AN)clothed with righteousness,
    and let your ^(AO)saints shout for joy.
¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,
    ^(AP)do not turn away the face of ^(AQ)your anointed one.

¹¹^(AR)The Lord swore to David a sure oath
    ^(AS)from which he will not turn back:
^(AT)“One of the sons of your body^[a]
    I will set on your throne.
¹²If your sons keep my covenant
    and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
    shall ^(AU)sit on your throne.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(AV)chosen Zion;
    he has ^(AW)desired it for his dwelling place:
¹⁴“This is my ^(AX)resting place forever;
    here I will ^(AY)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(AZ)bless her provisions;
    I will ^(BA)satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶Her ^(BB)priests I will clothe with salvation,
    and her ^(BC)saints will shout for joy.
¹⁷There I will make ^(BD)a horn to sprout for David;
    I have prepared ^(BE)a lamp for ^(BF)my anointed.
¹⁸His enemies I will ^(BG)clothe with shame,
    but on him his crown will shine.”

Footnotes

Psalm 132:11 Hebrew of your fruit of the womb

1 Corinthians 1

English Standard Version

Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)called ^(B)by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

²To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those ^(C)sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^(D)called to be saints together with all those who in every place ^(E)call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

³^(F)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving

⁴I ^(G)give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵that in every way ^(H)you were enriched in him in all ^(I)speech and all knowledge— ⁶even as ^(J)the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— ⁷so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you ^(K)wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸^(L)who will sustain you to the end, ^(M)guiltless ^(N)in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹^(O)God is faithful, by whom you were called into the ^(P)fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Divisions in the Church

¹⁰I appeal to you, brothers,^[a] by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no ^(Q)divisions among you, but that you be united ^(R)in the same mind and the same judgment. ¹¹For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is ^(S)quarreling among you, my brothers. ¹²What I mean is that ^(T)each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow ^(U)Apollos,” or “I follow ^(V)Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” ¹³^(W)Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you ^(X)baptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you except ^(Y)Crispus and ^(Z)Gaius, ¹⁵so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶(I did baptize also ^(AA)the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) ¹⁷For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^(AB)not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

¹⁸For the word of the cross is ^(AC)folly to ^(AD)those who are perishing, but to us ^(AE)who are being saved it is ^(AF)the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written,

^(AG)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

²⁰^(AH)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^(AI)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach^[b] to save those who believe. ²²For ^(AJ)Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ ^(AK)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(AL)the power of God and ^(AM)the wisdom of God. ²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶For consider your calling, brothers: ^(AN)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,^[c] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But ^(AO)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^(AP)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^(AQ)things that are not, to ^(AR)bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹so ^(AS)that no human being^[d] might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰And because of him^[e] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(AT)wisdom from God, ^(AU)righteousness and ^(AV)sanctification and ^(AW)redemption, ³¹so that, as it is written, ^(AX)“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 11, 26
1 Corinthians 1:21 Or the folly of preaching
1 Corinthians 1:26 Greek according to the flesh
1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh
1 Corinthians 1:30 Greek And from him