Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
xgive praise, O servants of the Lord,
2 ywho stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God!
3 Praise the Lord, zfor the Lord is good;
asing to his name, bfor it is pleasant!1
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as chis own possession.
5 For I know that dthe Lord is great,
and that our Lord is eabove all gods.
6 fWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
7 He it is who gmakes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
who makes lightnings for the rain
and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
8 hHe it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and of beast;
9 who in your midst, O Egypt,
sent isigns and wonders
against Pharaoh and all his servants;
10 jwho struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings,
11 kSihon, king of the Amorites,
and lOg, king of Bashan,
and mall the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 and gave their land as a heritage,
a heritage to his people Israel.
13 nYour name, O Lord, endures forever,
your renown,2 O Lord, throughout all ages.
14 For othe Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
15 pThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
16 qThey have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
rnor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 sThose who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
19 O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
he who dwells in Jerusalem!
Praise the Lord!
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
1 tGive thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for uhis steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the vGod of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the wLord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
4 to him who alone does great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who xby understanding ymade the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who zspread out the earth above the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who amade the bgreat lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
10 to him who cstruck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
11 and dbrought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13 to him who edivided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
14 and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
15 but foverthrew3 Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
16 to him who gled his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
17 hto him who struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
18 and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
19 iSihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
20 and jOg, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
22 a heritage to Israel his servant,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
23 It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
24 and rescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
25 he who kgives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Spiritual Gifts
1 cNow concerning1 dspiritual gifts,2 brothers,3 I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to emute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say f“Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are gvarieties of gifts, but hthe same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the isame Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who jempowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another kfaith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of lmiracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to mdistinguish between spirits, to another nvarious kinds of tongues, to another the ointerpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually pas he wills.
One Body with Many Members
12 qFor just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, rslaves4 or free—and sall were made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, tthere are many parts,5 yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no udivision in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 vIf one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now wyou are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church xfirst apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But yearnestly desire the higher gifts.
And I will show you a still more excellent way.