Psalm 120-123

English Standard Version

Deliver Me, O Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
²Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,
    ^(B)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴^(C)A warrior's ^(D)sharp arrows,
    with glowing ^(E)coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, that I sojourn in ^(F)Meshech,
    that I dwell among ^(G)the tents of ^(H)Kedar!
⁶Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
⁷^(I)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

My Help Comes from the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

121 I ^(K)lift up my eyes to ^(L)the hills.
From where does my help come?
²^(M)My help comes from the Lord,
who ^(N)made heaven and earth.

³He will not ^(O)let your foot be moved;
he who ^(P)keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your ^(Q)shade on your ^(R)right hand.
⁶^(S)The sun shall not ^(T)strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^(U)keep you from all evil;
    he will ^(V)keep your life.
⁸The Lord will keep
    your ^(W)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

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

122 I was glad when they said to me,
^(Y)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
²Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem—^(Z)built as a city
    that is ^(AA)bound firmly together,
⁴to which the tribes ^(AB)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was ^(AC)decreed for^[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵There ^(AD)thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

⁶^(AE)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
⁷Peace be within your ^(AF)walls
    and security within your ^(AG)towers!”
⁸For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, ^(AH)“Peace be within you!”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will ^(AI)seek your good.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

A Song of ^(AJ)Ascents.

123 To you I ^(AK)lift up my eyes,
    O you who are ^(AL)enthroned in the heavens!
²Behold, as the eyes of servants
    look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
    to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
    till he has mercy upon us.

³^(AM)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
    for we have had more than enough of ^(AN)contempt.
⁴Our soul has had more than enough
    of ^(AO)the scorn of ^(AP)those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of ^(AQ)the proud.

Footnotes

Psalm 122:4 Or as a testimony for

1 Corinthians 6

English Standard Version

Lawsuits Against Believers

6 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous ^(A)instead of the saints? ²Or do you not know that ^(B)the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? ³Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! ⁴So if you have such cases, ^(C)why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? ⁵^(D)I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, ⁶but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? ⁷To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^(E)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^(F)your own brothers!^[a]

⁹Or do you not know that the unrighteous^[b] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: ^(G)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,^[c] ¹⁰nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And ^(H)such were some of you. But ^(I)you were washed, ^(J)you were sanctified, ^(K)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

¹²^(L)“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. ¹³^(M)“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one ^(N)and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ^(O)for the Lord, and ^(P)the Lord for the body. ¹⁴And ^(Q)God raised the Lord and ^(R)will also raise us up ^(S)by his power. ¹⁵Do you not know that ^(T)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined^[d] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^(U)“The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord ^(V)becomes one spirit with him. ¹⁸^(W)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin^[e] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^(X)sins against his own body. ¹⁹Or ^(Y)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(Z)You are not your own, ²⁰^(AA)for you were bought with a price. ^(AB)So glorify God in your body.

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 6:8 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17
1 Corinthians 6:18 Or Every sin