Book of Common Prayer
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
1 ¶ O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;
2 in this manner I beheld thee in holiness when I beheld thy power and thy glory.
3 ¶ Because thy mercy is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee in my life; in thy name shall I lift up my hands.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
6 When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 ¶ Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul has followed hard after thee; thy right hand has upheld me.
9 But those that sought my soul, to destroy it, descended into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall be slain by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.
A Psalm.
1 ¶ O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvellous things; his right hand has gotten him the victory, even the arm of his holiness.
2 The LORD has made known his saving health; he has openly showed his righteousness in the sight of the Gentiles.
3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the saving health of our God.
4 ¶ Sing with joy unto the LORD, all the earth; lift up thy voice and rejoice and sing praises.
5 Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of a song.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the shofar make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof, the world and those that dwell therein.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together
9 before the LORD; for he has come to judge the earth; with righteousness he shall judge the world and the peoples with equity.
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases;
4 who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;
5 who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 ¶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice unto all that suffer violence.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the sons of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us.
13 Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass; as an open flower of the field, so he blossoms.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children’s children,
18 to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 ¶ The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, valiant and strong, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
11 ¶ In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 that those who are called by my name may possess the remnant of Edom and all the Gentiles, said the LORD that does this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall catch up with the reaper, and the treader of grapes with him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will turn the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them.
15 For I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, said the LORD thy God.
2 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together unto him,
2 that ye not be easily shaken in understanding or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us, as if the day of Christ is at hand.
3 ¶ Let no one deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
13 ¶ But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to saving health through the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,
14 unto which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and retain the doctrine which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle.
16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,
17 comfort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and work.
30 I can of my own self do nothing; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me.
31 ¶ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that bears witness of me, and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man, but I say these things that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing to rejoice for one hour in his light.
36 But I have greater testimony than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father himself, who has sent me, has borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his appearance.
38 And ye do not have his word abiding in you; for whom he has sent, him ye do not believe.
39 Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are those who testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I do not receive glory from men.
42 But I know you that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, who take glory one from another, and seek not the glory that comes only from God?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye do not believe his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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