Psalm 110-112

English Standard Version

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(A)The Lord says to my Lord:
^(B)“Sit at my right hand,
^(C)until I make your enemies your ^(D)footstool.”

²The Lord sends forth ^(E)from Zion
    ^(F)your mighty scepter.
    ^(G)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
³^(H)Your people will ^(I)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your ^(J)power,^[a]
    in ^(K)holy garments;^[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.^[c]
⁴^(L)The Lord has ^(M)sworn
    and will ^(N)not change his mind,
^(O)“You are ^(P)a priest ^(Q)forever
    after the order of ^(R)Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at your ^(S)right hand;
    he will ^(T)shatter kings on ^(U)the day of his wrath.
⁶He will ^(V)execute judgment among the nations,
    ^(W)filling them with corpses;
he will ^(X)shatter chiefs^[d]
    over the wide earth.
⁷He will ^(Y)drink from the brook by the way;
    therefore he will lift up his head.

Great Are the Lord's Works

111 ^[e] ^(Z)Praise the Lord!
I ^(AA)will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
    in the company of ^(AB)the upright, in the congregation.
²Great are the ^(AC)works of the Lord,
    ^(AD)studied by all who delight in them.
³^(AE)Full of splendor and majesty is his work,
    and his ^(AF)righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has ^(AG)caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and merciful.
⁵He provides food for those who fear him;
    he ^(AH)remembers his covenant forever.
⁶He has shown his people the power of his works,
    in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
⁷The works of his hands are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are ^(AI)trustworthy;
⁸they are ^(AJ)established forever and ever,
    to be performed with ^(AK)faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹He sent ^(AL)redemption to his people;
    he has ^(AM)commanded his covenant forever.
    ^(AN)Holy and awesome is his name!
¹⁰^(AO)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
    all those who practice it have ^(AP)a good understanding.
    His ^(AQ)praise endures forever!

The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 ^[f] ^(AR)Praise the Lord!
^(AS)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
    who ^(AT)greatly delights in his commandments!
²His ^(AU)offspring will be mighty in the land;
    ^(AV)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³^(AW)Wealth and riches are in his house,
    and his ^(AX)righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light dawns in the darkness ^(AY)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and ^(AZ)righteous.
⁵It is well with the man who ^(BA)deals generously and lends;
    who conducts his affairs with justice.
⁶For the righteous will ^(BB)never be moved;
    ^(BC)he will be remembered forever.
⁷He is not ^(BD)afraid of bad news;
    his ^(BE)heart is firm, ^(BF)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His heart is steady;^[g] he will not be afraid,
    until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
⁹He has ^(BG)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever;
    his ^(BH)horn is exalted in honor.
¹⁰The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he ^(BI)gnashes his teeth and ^(BJ)melts away;
    ^(BK)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Footnotes

Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 110:6 Or the head
Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)

2 Corinthians 1

English Standard Version

Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^(B)by the will of God, and ^(C)Timothy our brother,

To the church of God that is at Corinth, ^(D)with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

²^(E)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

God of All Comfort

³^(F)Blessed be the ^(G)God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^(H)God of all comfort, ⁴^(I)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵For as we share abundantly in ^(J)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.^[a] ⁶^(K)If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. ⁷Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you ^(L)share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

⁸For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,^[b] of ^(M)the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. ⁹Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^(N)rely not on ourselves ^(O)but on God ^(P)who raises the dead. ¹⁰^(Q)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. ^(R)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. ¹¹^(S)You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf ^(T)for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.

Paul's Change of Plans

¹²For our boast is this, ^(U)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity^[c] and ^(V)godly sincerity, ^(W)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. ¹³For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— ¹⁴just as you did ^(X)partially understand us—that ^(Y)on the day of our Lord Jesus ^(Z)you will boast of us as ^(AA)we will boast of you.

¹⁵Because I was sure of this, ^(AB)I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have ^(AC)a second ^(AD)experience of grace. ¹⁶I wanted to visit you ^(AE)on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. ¹⁷Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans ^(AF)according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? ¹⁸As surely as ^(AG)God is faithful, ^(AH)our word to you has not been Yes and No. ¹⁹For ^(AI)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, ^(AJ)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but ^(AK)in him it is always Yes. ²⁰For ^(AL)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our ^(AM)Amen to God for his glory. ²¹And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and ^(AN)has anointed us, ²²and who has also ^(AO)put his seal on us and ^(AP)given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.^[d]

²³But ^(AQ)I call God to witness against me—it was ^(AR)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. ²⁴Not that we ^(AS)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm ^(AT)in your faith.

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
2 Corinthians 1:8 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
2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
2 Corinthians 1:22 Or down payment