Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says(A) to my lord:[a]

“Sit at my right hand(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”(C)

The Lord will extend your mighty scepter(D) from Zion,(E) saying,
    “Rule(F) in the midst of your enemies!”
Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(G)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.[b](H)

The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(I)
“You are a priest forever,(J)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(K)

The Lord is at your right hand[c];(L)
    he will crush kings(M) on the day of his wrath.(N)
He will judge the nations,(O) heaping up the dead(P)
    and crushing the rulers(Q) of the whole earth.
He will drink from a brook along the way,[d]
    and so he will lift his head high.(R)

Psalm 111[e]

Praise the Lord.[f]

I will extol the Lord(S) with all my heart(T)
    in the council(U) of the upright and in the assembly.(V)

Great are the works(W) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all(X) who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures(Y) forever.
He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and compassionate.(Z)
He provides food(AA) for those who fear him;(AB)
    he remembers his covenant(AC) forever.

He has shown his people the power of his works,(AD)
    giving them the lands of other nations.(AE)
The works of his hands(AF) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.(AG)
They are established for ever(AH) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
He provided redemption(AI) for his people;
    he ordained his covenant forever—
    holy and awesome(AJ) is his name.

10 The fear of the Lord(AK) is the beginning of wisdom;(AL)
    all who follow his precepts have good understanding.(AM)
    To him belongs eternal praise.(AN)

Psalm 112[g]

Praise the Lord.[h](AO)

Blessed are those(AP) who fear the Lord,(AQ)
    who find great delight(AR) in his commands.

Their children(AS) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches(AT) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures(AU) forever.
Even in darkness light dawns(AV) for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.(AW)
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,(AX)
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

Surely the righteous will never be shaken;(AY)
    they will be remembered(AZ) forever.
They will have no fear of bad news;
    their hearts are steadfast,(BA) trusting in the Lord.(BB)
Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;(BC)
    in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.(BD)
They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,(BE)
    their righteousness endures(BF) forever;
    their horn[i] will be lifted(BG) high in honor.

10 The wicked will see(BH) and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth(BI) and waste away;(BJ)
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.(BK)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 Or Lord
  2. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  3. Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord
  4. Psalm 110:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  5. Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  6. Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
  7. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  8. Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
  9. Psalm 112:9 Horn here symbolizes dignity.

Dealing With a Case of Incest

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(A) And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning(B) and have put out of your fellowship(C) the man who has been doing this? For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(D) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(E) on the one who has been doing this. So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(F) to Satan(G) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(H)

Your boasting is not good.(I) Don’t you know that a little yeast(J) leavens the whole batch of dough?(K) Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(L) Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread(M) of sincerity and truth.

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate(N) with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world(O) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[c](P) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(Q) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(R)

12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(S) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(T) 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[d](U)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7

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