Psalm 132-134

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing upon the Sanctuary.

A Song of Ascents.

132 Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf,
All ^(A)his affliction;
²How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to ^(B)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I certainly will not ^[a]enter ^(C)my house,
Nor ^[b]lie on my bed;
⁴I will not ^(D)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵Until I find a ^(E)place for the Lord,
^[c]A dwelling place for ^(F)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard about it in ^(G)Ephrathah,
We found it in the ^(H)field of ^[d]Jaar.
⁷Let’s go into His ^[e]^(I)dwelling place;
Let’s ^(J)worship at His ^(K)footstool.
⁸^(L)Arise, Lord, to Your ^(M)resting place,
You and the ark of Your ^(N)strength.
⁹May Your priests be ^(O)clothed with righteousness,
And may Your ^(P)godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^(Q)anointed.
¹¹The Lord has ^(R)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“I will set upon your throne one ^(S)from the fruit of your body.
¹²If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also will ^(T)sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(U)chosen Zion;
He has ^(V)desired it as His dwelling place.
¹⁴“This is My ^(W)resting place forever;
Here I will ^(X)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(Y)bless her food;
I will ^(Z)satisfy her needy with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her ^(AA)priests with salvation,
And her ^(AB)godly ones will sing aloud for joy.
¹⁷I will make the ^(AC)horn of David spring forth there;
I have prepared a ^(AD)lamp for My anointed.
¹⁸I will ^(AE)clothe his enemies with shame,
But upon himself his ^(AF)crown will gleam.”

The Excellency of Brotherly Unity.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For ^(AG)brothers to live together in unity!
²It is like the precious ^(AH)oil on the head,
Running down upon the beard,
As on Aaron’s beard,
The oil which ran down upon the ^(AI)edge of his robes.
³It is like the ^(AJ)dew of ^(AK)Hermon
Coming down upon the ^(AL)mountains of Zion;
For the Lord ^(AM)commanded the blessing there—^(AN)life forever.

Greetings of Night Watchers.

A Song of Ascents.

134 Behold, ^(AO)bless the Lord, all you ^(AP)servants of the Lord,
Who ^[f]^(AQ)serve ^(AR)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(AS)Lift up your hands to the ^(AT)sanctuary
And bless the Lord.
³May the Lord ^(AU)bless you from Zion,
He who ^(AV)made heaven and earth.

Footnotes

Psalm 132:3 Lit come into the tabernacle of
Psalm 132:3 Lit go up into the couch of
Psalm 132:5 Lit Dwelling places
Psalm 132:6 Or the wood
Psalm 132:7 Lit dwelling places
Psalm 134:1 Lit stand

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷Now in giving this next instruction ^(A)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸For, in the first place, when you come together ^[a]as a church, I hear that ^[b]^(B)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. ¹⁹For there also ^(C)have to be factions among you, ^(D)so that those who are approved may become ^[c]evident among you. ²⁰Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, ²¹for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(E)another gets drunk. ²²What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(F)church of God and ^(G)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^(H)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

²³For ^(I)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(J)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵In the same way He also took ^(K)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^(L)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^(M)until He comes.

²⁷Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(N)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸But a person must ^(O)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^[d]body. ³⁰For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^[e]^(P)are asleep. ³¹But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, we are ^(Q)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(R)the world.

³³So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴If anyone is ^(S)hungry, have him eat ^(T)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(U)give instructions ^(V)when I come.