Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 20[a]
For the music director, a psalm of David.
20 May the Lord answer[b] you[c] when you are in trouble;[d]
may the God of Jacob[e] make you secure.
2 May he send you help from his temple;[f]
from Zion may he give you support.
3 May he take notice of[g] all your offerings;
may he accept[h] your burnt sacrifice. (Selah)
4 May he grant your heart’s desire;[i]
may he bring all your plans to pass.[j]
5 Then we will shout for joy over your[k] victory;
we will rejoice[l] in the name of our God.
May the Lord grant all your requests.
6 Now I am sure[m] that the Lord will deliver[n] his chosen king;[o]
he will intervene for him[p] from his holy, heavenly temple,[q]
and display his mighty ability to deliver.[r]
7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses,[s]
but we[t] depend on[u] the Lord our God.
8 They will fall down,[v]
but we[w] will stand firm.[x]
9 The Lord will deliver the king;[y]
he will answer us[z] when we call to him for help![aa]
Psalm 21[ab]
For the music director, a psalm of David.
21 O Lord, the king rejoices in the strength you give;[ac]
he takes great delight in the deliverance you provide.[ad]
2 You grant[ae] him his heart’s desire;
you do not refuse his request.[af] (Selah)
3 For you bring him[ag] rich[ah] blessings;[ai]
you place a golden crown on his head.
4 He asked you to sustain his life,[aj]
and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.[ak]
5 Your deliverance brings him great honor;[al]
you give him majestic splendor.[am]
6 For you grant him lasting blessings;
you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.[an]
7 For the king trusts[ao] in the Lord,
and because of the Most High’s[ap] faithfulness he is not shaken.[aq]
8 You[ar] prevail over[as] all your enemies;
your power is too great for those who hate you.[at]
9 You burn them up like a fiery furnace[au] when you appear.[av]
The Lord angrily devours them;[aw]
the fire consumes them.
10 You destroy their offspring[ax] from the earth,
their descendants[ay] from among the human race.[az]
11 Yes,[ba] they intend to do you harm;[bb]
they dream up a scheme,[bc] but they do not succeed.[bd]
12 For you make them retreat[be]
when you aim your arrows at them.[bf]
13 Rise up, O Lord, in strength![bg]
We will sing and praise[bh] your power.
Psalm 110[a]
A psalm of David.
110 Here is the Lord’s proclamation[b] to my lord:[c]
“Sit down at my right hand[d] until I make your enemies your footstool.”[e]
2 The Lord[f] extends[g] your dominion[h] from Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your people willingly follow you[i] when you go into battle.[j]
On the holy hills[k] at sunrise[l] the dew of your youth[m] belongs to you.[n]
4 The Lord makes this promise on oath[o] and will not revoke it:[p]
“You are an eternal priest[q] after the pattern of[r] Melchizedek.”[s]
5 O Lord,[t] at your right hand
he strikes down[u] kings in the day he unleashes his anger.[v]
6 He executes judgment[w] against[x] the nations.
He fills the valleys with corpses;[y]
he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.[z]
7 From the stream along the road he drinks;
then he lifts up his head.[aa]
Psalm 116[a]
116 I love the Lord
because he heard my plea for mercy,[b]
2 and listened to me.[c]
As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.[d]
3 The ropes of death tightened around me,[e]
the snares[f] of Sheol confronted me.
I was confronted[g] with trouble and sorrow.
4 I called on the name of the Lord,
“Please, Lord, rescue my life!”
5 The Lord is merciful and fair;
our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord protects[h] the untrained;[i]
I was in serious trouble[j] and he delivered me.
7 Rest once more, my soul,[k]
for the Lord has vindicated you.[l]
8 Yes,[m] Lord,[n] you rescued my life from death,
kept my eyes from tears
and my feet from stumbling.
9 I will serve[o] the Lord
in the land[p] of the living.
10 I had faith when I said,
“I am severely oppressed.”
11 I rashly declared,[q]
“All men are liars.”
12 How can I repay the Lord
for all his acts of kindness to me?
13 I will celebrate my deliverance,[r]
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
before all his people.
15 The Lord values
the lives of his faithful followers.[s]
16 Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your female servant.[t]
You saved me from death.[u]
17 I will present a thank offering to you,
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
before all his people,
19 in the courts of the Lord’s temple,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 117[v]
15 Through patience[a] a ruler can be persuaded,[b]
and a soft tongue[c] can break a bone.[d]
16 You have found[e] honey—eat only what is sufficient for you,
lest you become stuffed with[f] it and vomit it up.[g]
17 Don’t set foot too frequently[h] in your neighbor’s house,
lest he become weary[i] of you and hate you.
18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow,[j]
so is the one who testifies against[k] his neighbor as a false witness.[l]
19 Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint,[m]
so is confidence[n] in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.[o]
20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,[p]
or like vinegar poured on soda,[q]
so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.[r]
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,[s]
and the Lord will reward you.[t]
23 The north wind[u] brings forth rain,
and a gossiping tongue[v] brings forth[w] an angry look.[x]
24 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop
than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.[y]
25 Like cold water to a weary person,[z]
so is good news from a distant land.[aa]
26 Like a muddied[ab] spring and a polluted[ac] well,
so is a righteous person who gives way[ad] before the wicked.
27 It is not good[ae] to eat too much honey,
nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.[af]
28 Like a city that is broken down and without a wall,
so is a person who cannot control his temper.[ag]
Salutation
1 From Paul[a] and Timothy, slaves[b] of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers[c] and deacons. 2 Grace and peace to you[d] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Prayer for the Church
3 I thank my God every time I remember you.[e] 4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you 5 because of your participation[f] in the gospel from the first day until now.[g] 6 For I am sure of this very thing,[h] that the one[i] who began a good work in[j] you will perfect it[k] until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 For[l] it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart,[m] since both in my imprisonment[n] and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace[o] together with me. 8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Betrayal and Arrest
18 When he had said these things,[a] Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley.[b] There was an orchard[c] there, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times[d] with his disciples.)[e] 3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers[f] and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees.[g] They came to the orchard[h] with lanterns[i] and torches and weapons.
4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him,[j] came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”[k] 5 They replied,[l] “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)[m] 6 So when Jesus[n] said to them, “I am he,” they retreated[o] and fell to the ground.[p] 7 Then Jesus[q] asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” 8 Jesus replied,[r] “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for[s] me, let these men[t] go.”[u] 9 He said this[v] to fulfill the word he had spoken,[w] “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”[x]
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave,[y] cutting off his right ear.[z] (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.)[aa] 11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”[ab]
Jesus Before Annas
12 Then the squad of soldiers[ac] with their commanding officer[ad] and the officers of the Jewish leaders[ae] arrested[af] Jesus and tied him up.[ag] 13 They[ah] brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.[ai] 14 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised[aj] the Jewish leaders[ak] that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)[al]
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