1071 Oh give thanks to the Lord , for He is good , For His lovingkindness is everlasting . 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary 3 And gathered from the lands , From the east and from the west , From the north and from the south . 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region ; They did not find a way to an inhabited city . 5 They were hungry and thirsty ; Their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble ; He delivered them out of their distresses . 7 He led them also by a straight way , To go to an inhabited city . 8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness , And for His wonders to the sons of men ! 9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul , And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good .
10 There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death , Prisoners in misery and chains , 11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High . 12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor ; They stumbled and there was none to help . 13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble ; He saved them out of their distresses . 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart . 15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness , And for His wonders to the sons of men ! 16 For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder .
17 Fools , because of their rebellious way , And because of their iniquities , were afflicted . 18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food , And they drew near to the gates of death . 19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble ; He saved them out of their distresses . 20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions . 21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness , And for His wonders to the sons of men ! 22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving , And tell of His works with joyful singing .
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships , Who do business on great waters ; 24 They have seen the works of the Lord , And His wonders in the deep . 25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind , Which lifted up the waves of the sea. 26 They rose up to the heavens , they went down to the depths ; Their soul melted away in their misery . 27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken man , And were at their wits' end . 28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble , And He brought them out of their distresses . 29 He caused the storm to be still , So that the waves of the sea were hushed . 30 Then they were glad because they were quiet , So He guided them to their desired haven . 31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness , And for His wonders to the sons of men ! 32 Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people , And praise Him at the seat of the elders .
33 He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground ; 34 A fruitful land into a salt waste , Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. 35 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water ; 36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell , So that they may establish an inhabited city , 37 And sow fields and plant vineyards , And gather a fruitful harvest . 38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly , And He does not let their cattle decrease . 39 When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression , misery and sorrow , 40 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless e waste . 41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction , And makes his families like a flock . 42 The upright see it and are glad ; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth . 43 Who is wise ? Let him give heed to these things , And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord .
1081 My heart is steadfast , O God ; I will sing , I will sing praises , even with my soul . 2 Awake , harp and lyre ; I will awaken the dawn ! 3 I will give thanks to You, O Lord , among the peoples , And I will sing praises to You among the nations . 4 For Your lovingkindness is great above e the heavens , And Your truth reaches to the skies . 5 Be exalted , O God , above the heavens , And Your glory above all the earth .
6 That Your beloved may be delivered , Save with Your right hand , and answer me! 7 God has spoken in His holiness : "I will exult , I will portion out Shechem And measure out the valley of Succoth . 8 "Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head ; Judah is My scepter . 9 "Moab is My washbowl ; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe ; Over Philistia I will shout aloud ." 10 Who will bring me into the besieged city ? Who will lead me to Edom ? 11 Have not You Yourself, O God , rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies , O God ? 12 Oh give us help against the adversary , For deliverance by man is in vain . 13 Through God we will do valiantly , And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries .
1091 O God of my praise , Do not be silent ! 2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue . 3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred , And fought against me without cause . 4 In return for my love they act as my accusers ; But I am in prayer . 5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love .
6 Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand . 7 When he is judged , let him come forth guilty , And let his prayer become sin . 8 Let his days be few ; Let another take his office . 9 Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow . 10 Let his children wander about and beg ; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes . 11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor . 12 Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children . 13 Let his posterity be cut off ; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord , And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the Lord continually , That He may cut off their memory from the earth ; 16 Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness , But persecuted the afflicted and needy man , And the despondent in heart , to put them to death . 17 He also loved cursing , so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing , so it was far from him. 18 But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment , And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones . 19 Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. 20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord , And of those who speak evil against my soul .
21 But You, O GOD , the Lord , deal kindly with me for Your name's sake ; Because Your lovingkindness is good , deliver me; 22 For I am afflicted and needy , And my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens ; I am shaken off like the locust . 24 My knees are weak from fasting , And my flesh has grown lean , without fatness . 25 I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head . 26 Help me, O Lord my God ; Save me according to Your lovingkindness . 27 And let them know that this is Your hand ; You, Lord , have done it. 28 Let them curse , but You bless ; When they arise , they shall be ashamed , But Your servant shall be glad . 29 Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor , And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe . 30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord ; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy , To save him from those who judge his soul .
41 Let a man regard us in this manner , as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God . 2 In this case , moreover , it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy . 3 But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court ; in fact , I do not even examine myself . 4 For I am conscious of nothing against myself , yet I am not by this acquitted ; but the one who examines me is the Lord . 5 Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time , but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts ; and then each man's praise will come to him from God . 6 Now these things , brethren , I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes , so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written , so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other .
7 For who regards you as superior ? What do you have that you did not receive ? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 8 You are already filled , you have already become rich , you have become kings without us; and indeed , I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you. 9 For, I think , God has exhibited us apostles last of all , as men condemned to death ; because we have become a spectacle to the world , both to angels and to men . 10 We are fools for Christ's sake , but you are prudent in Christ ; we are weak , but you are strong ; you are distinguished , but we are without honor . 11 To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty , and are poorly clothed , and are roughly treated , and are homeless ; 12 and we toil , working with our own hands ; when we are reviled , we bless ; when we are persecuted , we endure ; 13 when we are slandered , we try to conciliate ; we have become as the scum of the world , the dregs of all things , even until now .
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children . 15 For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ , yet you would not have many fathers , for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel . 16 Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.
17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy , who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord , and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ , just as I teach everywhere in every church . 18 Now some have become arrogant , as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon , if the Lord wills , and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power . 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power . 21 What do you desire ? Shall I come to you with a rod , or with love and a spirit of gentleness ?
