Old/New Testament
Yahweh Has Chosen Zion
A Song of Ascents.
132 Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf,
All (A)his affliction;
2 How he swore to Yahweh
And vowed to (B)the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 “Surely I will not come into [a](C)my house,
Nor [b]lie in the [c]comfort of my bed;
4 I will not (D)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I find a (E)place for Yahweh,
[d]A dwelling place for (F)the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it in (G)Ephrathah,
We found it in the (H)fields of [e]Jaar.
7 Let us come into His [f](I)dwelling place;
Let us (J)worship at the (K)footstool of His feet.
8 (L)Arise, O Yahweh, to Your (M)resting place,
You and the ark of Your (N)strength.
9 Let Your priests be (O)clothed with righteousness,
And let Your (P)holy ones sing for joy.
10 For the sake of David Your servant,
Do not turn away the face of Your (Q)anointed.
11 Yahweh has (R)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“(S)Of the fruit of your [g]body I will set upon your throne.
12 If your sons keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also shall (T)sit upon your throne forever.”
13 For Yahweh has (U)chosen Zion;
He has (V)desired it for His habitation.
14 “This is My (W)resting place forever;
Here I will (X)inhabit, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly (Y)bless her provision;
I will (Z)satisfy her needy with bread.
16 Her (AA)priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her (AB)holy ones will sing loudly for joy.
17 There I will cause the (AC)horn of David to spring up;
I have prepared a (AD)lamp for Mine anointed.
18 His enemies I will (AE)clothe with shame,
But upon him, his (AF)crown shall blossom.”
How Good and Pleasant Is Unity
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For (AG)brothers to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the good (AH)oil upon the head,
Coming down upon the beard,
Aaron’s beard,
Coming down upon the (AI)edge of his robes.
3 It is like the (AJ)dew of (AK)Hermon
Coming down upon the (AL)mountains of Zion;
For there, Yahweh (AM)commanded the blessing—(AN)life forever.
Behold, Bless Yahweh
A Song of Ascents.
The Lord’s Supper
17 But in giving this instruction, (A)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, 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. 19 For there (C)must also be factions among you, (D)so that those who are approved may become [c]evident among you. 20 Therefore when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and (E)another is drunk. 22 For 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 shall I say to you? Shall (H)I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
23 For (I)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that (J)the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread, 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took (K)the cup also 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.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord (M)until He comes.
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be (N)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must (O)test himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number [d](P)sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are (Q)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with (R)the world.
33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is (S)hungry, let him eat (T)at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will (U)direct (V)when I come.
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