Psalm 133-135

English Standard Version

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

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

133 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
    when ^(B)brothers dwell in unity!^[a]
²It is like the precious ^(C)oil on ^(D)the head,
    running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
    running down on ^(E)the collar of his robes!
³It is like ^(F)the dew of ^(G)Hermon,
    which falls on ^(H)the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord ^(I)has commanded the blessing,
    life forevermore.

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

134 Come, bless the Lord, all you ^(K)servants of the Lord,
who ^(L)stand ^(M)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(N)Lift up your hands to ^(O)the holy place
and bless the Lord!

³May the Lord ^(P)bless you ^(Q)from Zion,
he who ^(R)made heaven and earth!

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

135 ^(S)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
    give praise, O ^(T)servants of the Lord,
²who ^(U)stand in the house of the Lord,
    in ^(V)the courts of the house of our God!
³Praise the Lord, for ^(W)the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, ^(X)for it is pleasant!^[b]
⁴For the Lord has ^(Y)chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his ^(Z)own possession.

⁵For I know that ^(AA)the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
⁶^(AB)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷^(AC)He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who ^(AD)makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his ^(AE)storehouses.

⁸He it was who ^(AF)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
⁹who in your midst, O Egypt,
    sent ^(AG)signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
¹⁰^(AH)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
¹¹^(AI)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and ^(AJ)Og, king of Bashan,
    and ^(AK)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
¹²and ^(AL)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³^(AM)Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
^(AN)your renown,^[c] O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴^(AO)For the Lord will vindicate his people
and ^(AP)have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵^(AQ)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
¹⁷they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

¹⁹^(AR)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹Blessed be the Lord ^(AS)from Zion,
    he who ^(AT)dwells in Jerusalem!
^(AU)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 133:1 Or dwell together
Psalm 135:3 Or for he is beautiful
Psalm 135:13 Or remembrance

Psalm 133-135

New International Version

Psalm 133

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together^(A) in unity!^(B)

²It is like precious oil poured on the head,^(C)
    running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
    down on the collar of his robe.
³It is as if the dew^(D) of Hermon^(E)
    were falling on Mount Zion.^(F)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,^(G)
    even life forevermore.^(H)

Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

¹Praise the Lord, all you servants^(I) of the Lord
who minister^(J) by night^(K) in the house of the Lord.
²Lift up your hands^(L) in the sanctuary^(M)
and praise the Lord.^(N)

³May the Lord bless you from Zion,^(O)
he who is the Maker of heaven^(P) and earth.

Psalm 135^(Q)

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]

Praise the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants^(R) of the Lord,
²you who minister in the house^(S) of the Lord,
in the courts^(T) of the house of our God.

³Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;^(U)
sing praise to his name,^(V) for that is pleasant.^(W)
⁴For the Lord has chosen Jacob^(X) to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession.^(Y)

⁵I know that the Lord is great,^(Z)
    that our Lord is greater than all gods.^(AA)
⁶The Lord does whatever pleases him,^(AB)
    in the heavens and on the earth,^(AC)
    in the seas and all their depths.
⁷He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
    he sends lightning with the rain^(AD)
    and brings out the wind^(AE) from his storehouses.^(AF)

⁸He struck down the firstborn^(AG) of Egypt,
    the firstborn of people and animals.
⁹He sent his signs^(AH) and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.^(AI)
¹⁰He struck down many^(AJ) nations
    and killed mighty kings—
¹¹Sihon^(AK) king of the Amorites,^(AL)
    Og king of Bashan,^(AM)
    and all the kings of Canaan^(AN)—
¹²and he gave their land as an inheritance,^(AO)
    an inheritance to his people Israel.

¹³Your name, Lord, endures forever,^(AP)
your renown,^(AQ) Lord, through all generations.
¹⁴For the Lord will vindicate his people^(AR)
and have compassion on his servants.^(AS)

¹⁵The idols of the nations^(AT) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.^(AU)
¹⁶They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(AV)
    eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath^(AW) in their mouths.
¹⁸Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

¹⁹All you Israelites, praise the Lord;^(AX)
    house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
²⁰house of Levi, praise the Lord;
    you who fear him, praise the Lord.
²¹Praise be to the Lord from Zion,^(AY)
    to him who dwells in Jerusalem.^(AZ)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 135:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21

1 Corinthians 2

English Standard Version

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

2 And I, when I came to you, brothers,^[a] ^(A)did not come proclaiming to you ^(B)the testimony^[b] of God with lofty speech or wisdom. ²For I decided to know nothing among you except ^(C)Jesus Christ and him crucified. ³And ^(D)I was with you ^(E)in weakness and in fear and much trembling, ⁴and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(F)the Spirit and of power, ⁵so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men^[c] but ^(G)in the power of God.

Wisdom from the Spirit

⁶Yet among ^(H)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not ^(I)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, ^(J)who are doomed to pass away. ⁷But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, ^(K)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. ⁸None of ^(L)the rulers of this age understood this, for ^(M)if they had, they would not have crucified ^(N)the Lord of glory. ⁹But, as it is written,

^(O)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has ^(P)prepared ^(Q)for those who love him”—

¹⁰these things ^(R)God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even ^(S)the depths of God. ¹¹For who knows a person's thoughts ^(T)except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹²Now ^(U)we have received not ^(V)the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. ¹³And we impart this ^(W)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^(X)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.^[d]

¹⁴The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(Y)folly to him, and ^(Z)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵The ^(AA)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. ¹⁶^(AB)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But ^(AC)we have the mind of Christ.

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual

1 Corinthians 2

New International Version

2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom^(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.^[a] ²For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.^(B) ³I came to you^(C) in weakness^(D) with great fear and trembling.^(E) ⁴My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,^(F) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,^(G) ⁵so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.^(H)

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

⁶We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,^(I) but not the wisdom of this age^(J) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.^(K) ⁷No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery^(L) that has been hidden^(M) and that God destined for our glory before time began. ⁸None of the rulers of this age^(N) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.^(O) ⁹However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”^[b]—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—^(P)

¹⁰these are the things God has revealed^(Q) to us by his Spirit.^(R)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. ¹¹For who knows a person’s thoughts^(S) except their own spirit^(T) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹²What we have received is not the spirit^(U) of the world,^(V) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. ¹³This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom^(W) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.^[c] ¹⁴The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God^(X) but considers them foolishness,^(Y) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. ¹⁵The person with the Spirit^(Z) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, ¹⁶for,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”^[d]^(AA)

But we have the mind of Christ.^(AB)

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13

English Standard Version (ESV)

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 133-135

English Standard Version

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

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

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

Footnotes

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Psalm 133-135

New International Version

Psalm 133

A song of ascents. Of David.

Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

Psalm 135^(Q)

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1 Corinthians 2

English Standard Version

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

Wisdom from the Spirit

Footnotes

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1 Corinthians 2

New International Version

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

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Psalm 133-135 English Standard Version

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of (J)Ascents.

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

Footnotes

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Psalm 133-135 New International Version

Psalm 133

A song of ascents. Of David.

Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

Psalm 135(Q)

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1 Corinthians 2 English Standard Version

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

Wisdom from the Spirit

Footnotes

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1 Corinthians 2 New International Version

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

Footnotes

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More on the NIV

Psalm 133-135

English Standard Version

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

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

Psalm 133-135

New International Version

Psalm 135^(Q)

1 Corinthians 2

English Standard Version

1 Corinthians 2

New International Version