He Heals the Brokenhearted

147 (A)Praise the Lord!
For (B)it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for (C)it is pleasant,[a] and (D)a song of praise is fitting.
The Lord (E)builds up Jerusalem;
    he (F)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
He heals (G)the brokenhearted
    and (H)binds up their wounds.
He (I)determines the number of the stars;
    he (J)gives to all of them their names.
(K)Great is our Lord, and (L)abundant in power;
    (M)his understanding is beyond measure.
The Lord (N)lifts up the humble;[b]
    he casts the wicked to the ground.

(O)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
    make melody to our God on (P)the lyre!
He covers the heavens with clouds;
    he prepares (Q)rain for the earth;
    he makes (R)grass grow on the hills.
He (S)gives to the beasts their food,
    and to (T)the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in (U)the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord (V)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who (W)hope in his steadfast love.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens (X)the bars of your gates;
    he blesses your children within you.
14 He (Y)makes peace in your borders;
    he (Z)fills you with the (AA)finest of the wheat.
15 He (AB)sends out his command to the earth;
    his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives (AC)snow like wool;
    he scatters (AD)frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of (AE)ice like crumbs;
    who can stand before his (AF)cold?
18 He (AG)sends out his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his (AH)statutes and rules[c] to Israel.
20 He (AI)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his rules.[d]
(AJ)Praise the Lord!

Praise the Name of the Lord

148 (AK)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord (AL)from the heavens;
    praise him (AM)in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his (AN)hosts!

Praise him, sun and moon,
    praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you (AO)highest heavens,
    and you (AP)waters above the heavens!

(AQ)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
    For (AR)he commanded and they were created.
And he (AS)established them forever and ever;
    he gave (AT)a decree, and it shall not (AU)pass away.[e]

Praise the Lord (AV)from the earth,
    you (AW)great sea creatures and all deeps,
(AX)fire and hail, (AY)snow and mist,
    (AZ)stormy wind (BA)fulfilling his word!

(BB)Mountains and all hills,
    (BC)fruit trees and all (BD)cedars!
10 (BE)Beasts and all livestock,
    creeping things and (BF)flying birds!

11 Kings of the earth and (BG)all peoples,
    princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and maidens together,
    old men and children!

13 (BH)Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for (BI)his name alone is exalted;
    (BJ)his majesty is above earth and heaven.
14 He has (BK)raised up a horn for his people,
    (BL)praise for all his saints,
    for the people of Israel who are (BM)near to him.
(BN)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:1 Or for he is beautiful
  2. Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
  3. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
  4. Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees
  5. Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed

The Ministry of Apostles

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and (A)stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. (B)For I am not aware of anything against myself, (C)but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore (D)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (E)before the Lord comes, (F)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (G)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers,[a] that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may (H)be puffed up in favor of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? (I)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (J)like men sentenced to death, because we (K)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (L)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (M)you are wise in Christ. (N)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (O)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (P)buffeted and (Q)homeless, 12 and we (R)labor, working with our own hands. (S)When reviled, we bless; (T)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (U)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (V)the refuse of all things.

14 I do not write these things (W)to make you ashamed, but to admonish you (X)as my beloved children. 15 For (Y)though you have countless[b] guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For (Z)I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, (AA)be imitators of me. 17 That is why (AB)I sent[c] you Timothy, (AC)my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,[d] (AD)as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some are (AE)arrogant, (AF)as though I were not coming to you. 19 But (AG)I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For (AH)the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? (AI)Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:6 Or brothers and sisters
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Greek you have ten thousand
  3. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Or am sending
  4. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Some manuscripts add Jesus

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