Old/New Testament
LAMED.
89 ¶ For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens.
90 Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres.
91 They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves.
92 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live.
94 ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM.
97 ¶ O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation.
100 I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts.
101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me.
103 ¶ How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.
NUN.
105 ¶ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way.
106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
107 ¶ I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word.
108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109 ¶ My soul is continually in my hand; yet I do not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet did not I err from thy precepts.
111 ¶ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end.
SAMECH.
113 ¶ I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law.
114 ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word.
115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually.
118 ¶ Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN.
121 ¶ I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me.
123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness.
124 ¶ Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy slave; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 ¶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law.
127 ¶ Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way.
PE.
129 ¶ Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them.
130 ¶ The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.
131 ¶ I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
132 ¶ Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name.
133 ¶ Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 ¶ Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts.
135 ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes.
136 ¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law.
TZADDI.
137 ¶ Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth.
139 ¶ My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 ¶ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it.
141 ¶ I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts.
142 ¶ Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 ¶ Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.
144 Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH.
145 ¶ I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes.
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 ¶ I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word.
148 My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word.
149 ¶ Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment.
150 ¶ Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed from thy law.
151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152 ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
RESH.
153 ¶ Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word.
155 ¶ Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.
156 ¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments.
157 ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies.
158 ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.
159 ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy.
160 ¶ The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal.
SCHIN.
161 ¶ Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.
162 ¶ I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law.
164 ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
165 ¶ Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble.
166 ¶ LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments.
167 ¶ My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.
TAU.
169 ¶ Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy spoken word.
171 ¶ My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 ¶ My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 ¶ Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy saving health, O LORD, and thy law is my delight.
175 ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and let thy judgments help me.
176 ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
8 ¶ Now as concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies.
2 And if anyone thinks that they know anything, they know nothing yet as they ought to know.
3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known of him.
4 ¶ As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 For though there are some that are called gods, whether in heaven or in the earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
6 but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 ¶ Howbeit there is not in everyone that knowledge, for some with conscience of the idol unto now, eat it as a thing offered unto an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But food does not make us more acceptable unto God; for neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumblingblock to those that are weak.
10 For if anyone sees thee who hast this knowledge sit at food in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols?
11 and through thy knowledge the weak brother shall perish, for whom Christ died.
12 In this manner, therefore, sinning against the brethren and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if food makes my brother to fall, I will never eat flesh nor do anything which may cause my brother to fall.
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