Old/New Testament
Praise Yahweh!
148 [a]Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh (A)from the heavens;
Praise Him (B)in the heights!
2 Praise Him, (C)all His angels;
Praise Him, (D)all His hosts!
3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all stars of light!
4 Praise Him, (E)heavens of heavens,
And the (F)waters that are above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
For (G)He commanded and they were created.
6 He caused them to (H)stand forever and ever;
He gave a (I)statute and it will never pass away.
7 Praise Yahweh from the earth,
(J)Sea monsters and all (K)deeps;
8 (L)Fire and hail, (M)snow and (N)clouds;
(O)Stormy wind, (P)doing His word;
9 (Q)Mountains and all hills;
Fruit (R)trees and all cedars;
10 (S)Beasts and all cattle;
(T)Creeping things and winged bird;
11 (U)Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all [b]judges of the earth;
12 Both choice men as well as virgins;
The old with the young.
13 Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
For His (V)name alone is set on high;
His (W)splendor is above earth and heaven.
14 And He has (X)raised up a horn for His people,
(Y)Praise for all His holy ones;
For the sons of Israel, a people (Z)near to Him.
[c]Praise Yah!
Yahweh Takes Pleasure in His People
149 [d]Praise Yah!
Sing to Yahweh a (AA)new song,
His praise (AB)in the assembly of the holy ones.
2 Let Israel be glad in (AC)his Maker;
Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their (AD)King.
3 Let them praise His name with (AE)dancing;
With (AF)tambourine and lyre let them sing praises to Him.
4 For Yahweh (AG)takes pleasure in His people;
He will (AH)beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.
5 Let the (AI)holy ones exult in glory;
Let them (AJ)sing for joy on their beds.
6 Let the (AK)exaltations of God be in their throats,
And a (AL)two-edged (AM)sword in their hand,
7 To (AN)execute vengeance on the nations
And punishments on the peoples,
8 To bind their kings (AO)with chains
And their (AP)honored men with fetters of iron,
9 To (AQ)execute on them the judgment written;
This is the (AR)majesty of all His holy ones.
[e]Praise Yah!
Praise Him, Praise Yah!
150 [f]Praise Yah!
Praise God in His (AS)sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty [g](AT)expanse.
2 Praise Him for His (AU)mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to the abundance of His (AV)greatness.
3 Praise Him with (AW)trumpet blast;
Praise Him with (AX)harp and lyre.
4 Praise Him with (AY)tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with (AZ)stringed instruments and (BA)pipe.
5 Praise Him with resounding (BB)cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals.
6 Let (BC)everything that has breath praise Yah.
[h]Praise Yah!
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized [a]for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why are we also (A)in danger every hour? 31 I affirm, brothers, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (B)I die daily. 32 If [b]from human motives I (C)fought with wild beasts at (D)Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, (E)let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 33 (F)Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 (G)Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have (H)no knowledge of God. (I)I speak this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
35 But (J)someone will say, “How are (K)the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 (L)You fool! That which you (M)sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of [c]something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and (N)to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 (O)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown [d](P)a corruptible body, it is raised [e](Q)an incorruptible body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in (R)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a (S)natural body, it is raised a (T)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first (U)man, Adam, became a living soul.” The (V)last Adam became a (W)life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is (X)from the earth, [f](Y)earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, (Z)so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And just as we have (AA)borne the image of the earthy, [g]we (AB)will also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now I say this, brothers, that (AC)flesh and blood cannot (AD)inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the corruptible inherit (AE)the incorruptible. 51 Behold, I tell you a (AF)mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be (AG)changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (AH)the trumpet will sound, and (AI)the dead will be raised incorruptible, and (AJ)we will be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on (AK)the incorruptible, and this (AL)mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this corruptible puts on the incorruptible, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the word that is written, “(AM)Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 (AN)O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 Now the sting of (AO)death is sin, and (AP)the power of sin is the law; 57 but (AQ)thanks be to God, who gives us the (AR)victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 (AS)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (AT)the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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