¹Now him who is weak in faith  ²receive, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his  ³considerations.

One believes that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.

He who eats, let him not despise him who does not eat; and he who does not eat, let him  ¹not judge him who eats, for  ²God has received him.

Who are you who judge another's household servant? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

One judges one day above another; another judges every day alike. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind.

He who regards that day, regards it to the Lord; and he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, does not eat to the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself;

For whether we live, we live to the Lord, and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or we die, we are the Lord's.

For Christ died and lived again for this, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the  ¹judgment seat of God,

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall openly confess to God.”

So then each one of us will give an account concerning himself to God.

Therefore let us judge one another no longer, but rather judge this: not to put a stumbling block or cause of falling before your brother.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing  ¹unclean of itself, except to him who considers something to be  ¹unclean; to that man it is  ¹unclean.

For if because of food your brother is  ¹wounded, you no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy by your food that man for whom Christ died.

Therefore do not let your good be slandered;

For the  ¹kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but  ²righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

For he who  ¹serves Christ in this is well pleasing to God and approved by men.

So then let us  ¹pursue the things of peace and the things for building up one another.

Do not break down the  ¹work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is evil for a man to eat while stumbling others.

It is good not to eat meat nor drink wine nor to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

The faith which you have, have to yourself before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in what he approves;

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not out of faith; for all that is not out of faith is sin.

But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those who are weak and not to please ourselves.

Let each of us please his neighbor with a view to what is good for building up.

For Christ also did not please Himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell upon Me.”

For the things that were written previously were written for our instruction, in order that through endurance and through the  ¹encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Now the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind toward one another according to  ¹Christ Jesus,

That  ¹with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore receive one another, as  ¹Christ also received you to the glory of God.

For I say that Christ has become a  ¹servant of the circumcision for the sake of God's  ²truthfulness, to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

And that the Gentiles should glorify God for His mercy, as it is written, “Therefore I will  ¹extol You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to Your name.”

And again he says, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with His people.”

And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples speak praise to Him.”

And again, Isaiah says, “There shall be the  ¹root of Jesse, even He who rises to rule the Gentiles; on Him will the Gentiles hope.”

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

To the choir director:  ¹Do not destroy. Of David. A  ²Michtam, when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Set me on high, secure from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from men of bloodshed.

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul;
The strong gather themselves against me.
Not because of any transgression of mine nor because of any sin of
mine, O Jehovah,

Not for any fault of mine, they run and ready themselves;
Awake to meet me, and see.

Indeed You, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel,
Arise to punish all the nations;
Have no mercy upon any who treacherously commit iniquity. Selah

They return in the evening;
They growl like a dog
And go around the city.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips;
For, Who, they say, hears?

But You, O Jehovah, laugh at them;
You have all the nations in derision.

O  ¹my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my high retreat.

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly upon those who lie in wait for me.

Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield.

For the sin of their mouth,
For the word of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their arrogance,
And because of the cursing and the lying that they speak.

Consume them in wrath; consume them so that they are no more;
And men will know that God rules in Jacob
Unto the ends of the earth. Selah

They return in the evening;
They growl like a dog
And go around the city.

They wander about for food;
And if they are not filled, they  ¹linger.

 ¹But I will sing of Your strength;
And I will joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning.
For You have been my high retreat
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my strength, unto You I will sing psalms,
For God is my high retreat,
My God of lovingkindness.

To the choir director: according to the  ¹lily of the testimony. A  ²Michtam of David, for instruction, when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt

O God, You have rejected us; You have broken out upon us;
You have been angry. Restore us.

You have caused the earth to quake; You have split it open.
Heal the breaks in it, for it totters.

You have shown Your people hard things;
You have made us drink wine to stagger us.

You have given a banner to those who fear You,
To be displayed because of the truth. Selah

That Your beloved ones may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer  ¹us.

God has spoken in His  ¹holiness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine,
And Ephraim is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My scepter.

Moab is My washbowl;
Upon Edom I will cast My sandal;
Philistia, shout aloud because of Me.

Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Will not You, O God, who rejected us?
And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies?

Give us help from the adversary,
For a salvation by man is vain.

In God we will do valiantly,
And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

To the choir director: on the stringed instruments. Of David

Hear, O God, my cry;
Give heed to my prayer.

From the end of the earth
I will call out unto You
When my heart faints;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For You are a refuge to me,
A strong tower before the enemy.

Let me sojourn in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the covering of Your wings. Selah

For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

You will add days to the days of the king;
May his years be like generation after generation.

May he dwell forever before God;
Appoint lovingkindness and  ¹faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

So I will sing psalms to Your name forever,
As I  ¹repay my vows day by day.

To the choir director, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David

My soul waits in silence for God alone;
My salvation is from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My high retreat; I will not be greatly shaken.

How long will you assail a man
So that you may slay him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

They only make plans to thrust him down from his dignity;
They take delight in lies;
With their mouth they bless,
But inwardly they curse. Selah

My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My high retreat; I will not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory depend;
The rock of my strength, my refuge, is in God.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge to us. Selah

Men of low degree are but a vapor;
Men of high degree, a lie.
In the balances they go up;
Together they are less than a vapor.

Do not trust in oppression,
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If wealth increases,
Do not set your heart on it.

Once has God spoken;
Twice have I heard this,
That strength belongs to God.

To You also, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness;
For You repay every man according to his work.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah

O God, You are my God; I seek You diligently.
My soul thirsts for You,
My flesh faints in longing for You,
In a dry and weary land without water.

So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary,
Seeing Your power and Your glory.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips praise You.

Thus I bless You while I live;
I lift up my hands in Your name.

My soul is satisfied as with the rich fatness,
And my mouth praises You with lips of joyous shouting,

When I remember You while on my bed,
When I consider You in the night watches.

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will shout for joy.

My soul pursues after You;
Your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek my  ¹life to destroy it
Will go into the lower parts of the earth;

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be the portion of foxes.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will boast;
For the mouth of those who speak falsehood will be stopped.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David

Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint;
Preserve my life from the enemy's dread.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the throng of the workers of iniquity,

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword,
Who have aimed their arrow, their bitter word,

To shoot in secret places at the  ¹perfect man.
They shoot suddenly at him and do not fear.

They firm up for themselves an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, Who will see them?

They seek out injustices, saying:
We have completed a carefully sought-out plan.
Indeed each man's inward thought
And heart are deep.

But God will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly they are wounded.

They are made to stumble over each other by their own tongue;
All who see them shake their heads.

And all men will fear
And declare what has been done by God,
And they will ponder His work.

The righteous man will rejoice in Jehovah and take refuge in Him,
And all the upright in heart will boast.