Psalm 149-150

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Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Sing to the Lord a new song,^(B)
his praise in the assembly^(C) of his faithful people.

²Let Israel rejoice^(D) in their Maker;^(E)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.^(F)
³Let them praise his name with dancing^(G)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.^(H)
⁴For the Lord takes delight^(I) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.^(J)
⁵Let his faithful people rejoice^(K) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(L)

⁶May the praise of God be in their mouths^(M)
    and a double-edged^(N) sword in their hands,^(O)
⁷to inflict vengeance^(P) on the nations
    and punishment^(Q) on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with fetters,^(R)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(S)
⁹to carry out the sentence written against them—^(T)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(U)

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.^[b]^(V)

Praise God in his sanctuary;^(W)
    praise him in his mighty heavens.^(X)
²Praise him for his acts of power;^(Y)
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.^(Z)
³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,^(AA)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,^(AB)
⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(AC)
    praise him with the strings^(AD) and pipe,^(AE)
⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,^(AF)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶Let everything^(AG) that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 149:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9
Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6

1 Corinthians 5

New International Version

Dealing With a Case of Incest

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.^(A) ²And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning^(B) and have put out of your fellowship^(C) the man who has been doing this? ³For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.^(D) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus^(E) on the one who has been doing this. ⁴So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, ⁵hand this man over^(F) to Satan^(G) for the destruction of the flesh,^[a]^[b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.^(H)

⁶Your boasting is not good.^(I) Don’t you know that a little yeast^(J) leavens the whole batch of dough?^(K) ⁷Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.^(L) ⁸Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread^(M) of sincerity and truth.

⁹I wrote to you in my letter not to associate^(N) with sexually immoral people— ¹⁰not at all meaning the people of this world^(O) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. ¹¹But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister^[c]^(P) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater^(Q) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.^(R)

¹²What business is it of mine to judge those outside^(S) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?^(T) ¹³God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”^[d]^(U)

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7