1051 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples. 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works. 3 Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 4 Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more. 5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 6 you seed of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7 He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 9 the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac, 10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance;” 12 when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it. 13 They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people. 14 He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, 15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!” 16 He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies. 17 He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons, 19 until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true. 20 The king sent and freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions; 22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants. 26 He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn’t rebel against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish. 30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders. 32 He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land. 33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came,
and the grasshoppers, without number, 35 ate up every plant in their land;
and ate up the fruit of their ground. 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood. 37 He brought them forth with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night. 40 They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places. 42 For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant. 43 He brought forth his people with joy,
his chosen with singing. 44 He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession, 45 that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!
1061 Praise Yahweh!
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
or fully declare all his praise? 3 Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. 4 Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation, 5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea [1]. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
that he might make his mighty power known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea [2] also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. 10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them left. 12 Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.
13 They soon forgot his works.
They didn’t wait for his counsel, 14 but gave in to craving in the desert,
and tested God in the wasteland. 15 He gave them their request,
but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram. 18 A fire was kindled in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image. 20 Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass. 21 They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt, 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea [3]. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them. 24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They didn’t believe his word, 25 but murmured in their tents,
and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. 26 Therefore he swore to them
that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, 27 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
and scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them. 30 Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment,
so the plague was stopped. 31 That was credited to him for righteousness,
for all generations to come. 32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; 33 because they were rebellious against his spirit,
he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They didn’t destroy the peoples,
as Yahweh commanded them, 35 but mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works. 36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them. 37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their works,
and prostituted themselves in their deeds. 40 Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance. 41 He gave them into the hand of the nations.
Those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their counsel,
and were brought low in their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
when he heard their cry. 45 He remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. 46 He made them also to be pitied
by all those who carried them captive. 47 Save us, Yahweh, our God,
gather us from among the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise! 48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise Yah!
BOOK V
31 Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready, 3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?
5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? 6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 13 each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is. 14 If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.” [4] 20 And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.” [5]
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
