Psalm 126-128
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 126
Zion’s Restoration
A song of ascents.
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,[a]
we were like those who dream.(A)
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter then,(B)
and our tongues with shouts of joy.(C)
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”(D)
3 The Lord had done great things for us;
we were joyful.(E)
4 Restore our fortunes,[b] Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.(F)
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.(G)
6 Though one goes along weeping,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.(H)
Psalm 127
The Blessing of the Lord
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;(I)
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.(J)
2 In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.[c](K)
3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
offspring, a reward.(L)
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.(M)
5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.(N)
They will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.(O)
Psalm 128
Blessings for Those Who Fear God
A song of ascents.
1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways!(P)
2 You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.(Q)
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.(R)
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your children, like young olive trees
around your table.(S)
4 In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.(T)
1 Corinthians 10:19-33
Christian Standard Bible
19 What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but I do say that what they[a] sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons! 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?(A)
Christian Liberty
23 “Everything is permissible,”[b] but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,”[c] but not everything builds up. 24 No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.(B)
25 Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience, 26 since the earth is the Lord’s,(C) and all that is in it.[d](D) 27 If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it,(E) out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.[e] 29 I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged(F) by another person’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thanksgiving,(G) why am I criticized because of something for which I give thanks?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(H) 32 Give no offense(I) to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, 33 just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many,(J) so that they may be saved.
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