Book of Common Prayer
I Have Quieted My Soul
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
131 O Yahweh, my heart is not (A)exalted, and my eyes are not (B)raised high;
And I do not [a]involve myself in (C)great matters,
Or in matters (D)too marvelous for me.
2 Surely I have (E)soothed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned (F)child with his mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul [b]within me.
3 O Israel, (G)wait for Yahweh
(H)From now until forever.
Yahweh Has Chosen Zion
A Song of Ascents.
132 Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf,
All (I)his affliction;
2 How he swore to Yahweh
And vowed to (J)the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 “Surely I will not come into [c](K)my house,
Nor [d]lie in the [e]comfort of my bed;
4 I will not (L)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I find a (M)place for Yahweh,
[f]A dwelling place for (N)the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it in (O)Ephrathah,
We found it in the (P)fields of [g]Jaar.
7 Let us come into His [h](Q)dwelling place;
Let us (R)worship at the (S)footstool of His feet.
8 (T)Arise, O Yahweh, to Your (U)resting place,
You and the ark of Your (V)strength.
9 Let Your priests be (W)clothed with righteousness,
And let Your (X)holy ones sing for joy.
10 For the sake of David Your servant,
Do not turn away the face of Your (Y)anointed.
11 Yahweh has (Z)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“(AA)Of the fruit of your [i]body I will set upon your throne.
12 If your sons keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also shall (AB)sit upon your throne forever.”
13 For Yahweh has (AC)chosen Zion;
He has (AD)desired it for His habitation.
14 “This is My (AE)resting place forever;
Here I will (AF)inhabit, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly (AG)bless her provision;
I will (AH)satisfy her needy with bread.
16 Her (AI)priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her (AJ)holy ones will sing loudly for joy.
17 There I will cause the (AK)horn of David to spring up;
I have prepared a (AL)lamp for Mine anointed.
18 His enemies I will (AM)clothe with shame,
But upon him, his (AN)crown shall blossom.”
How Good and Pleasant Is Unity
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For (AO)brothers to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the good (AP)oil upon the head,
Coming down upon the beard,
Aaron’s beard,
Coming down upon the (AQ)edge of his robes.
3 It is like the (AR)dew of (AS)Hermon
Coming down upon the (AT)mountains of Zion;
For there, Yahweh (AU)commanded the blessing—(AV)life forever.
Behold, Bless Yahweh
A Song of Ascents.
134 Behold, (AW)bless Yahweh, all you (AX)slaves of Yahweh,
Who (AY)stand in the house of Yahweh (AZ)by night!
2 (BA)Lift up your hands to the (BB)sanctuary
And bless Yahweh.
3 May Yahweh (BC)bless you from Zion,
Who (BD)made heaven and earth.
O Yahweh, Your Name Is Everlasting
135 [j](BE)Praise Yah!
Praise the name of Yahweh;
Praise Him, O (BF)slaves of Yahweh,
2 You who stand in the house of Yahweh,
In the (BG)courts of the house of our God!
3 [k]Praise Yah, for (BH)Yahweh is good;
(BI)Sing praises to His name, (BJ)for it is lovely.
4 For Yah has (BK)chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His [l](BL)treasured possession.
5 For I know that (BM)Yahweh is great
And that our Lord is greater (BN)than all gods.
6 (BO)Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does,
In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
7 The One who (BP)causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
Who (BQ)makes lightnings for the rain,
Who (BR)brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
8 [m]He (BS)struck the firstborn of Egypt,
From man to beast.
9 [n]He sent (BT)signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
Amongst (BU)Pharaoh and all his slaves.
10 [o](BV)He (BW)struck many nations
And slew mighty kings,
11 (BX)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
And (BY)Og, king of Bashan,
And (BZ)all the kingdoms of Canaan;
12 And He (CA)gave their land as an inheritance,
An inheritance to Israel His people.
13 O Yahweh, Your (CB)name is everlasting,
O Yahweh, Your [p]remembrance is [q]from generation to generation.
14 For Yahweh will (CC)render justice for His people
And (CD)will give comfort to His slaves.
15 The (CE)idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
17 They have ears, but they do not hear,
Surely, there is not any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
All who trust in them.
21 And speak to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will (A)take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them (B)one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (C)one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They also will (D)no longer defile themselves with their idols or with their detestable things or with any of their transgressions; but (E)I will save them from all their [a]places of habitation in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Yahweh Cuts a Covenant
24 “And My servant (F)David will be king over them, and they will all have (G)one shepherd; and they will walk in My judgments and keep My statutes and do them. 25 They will inhabit the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, which your fathers inhabited; and they will inhabit it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and (H)David My servant will be their prince forever. 26 And I will cut a (I)covenant of peace with them; it will be an (J)everlasting covenant with them. And I will give them the land and (K)multiply them and will set My (L)sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 My [b](M)dwelling place also will be with them; and (N)I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 And the nations will know that I am Yahweh (O)who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’”
18 Children, (A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (B)antichrist is coming, (C)even now many antichrists have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour. 19 (D)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (E)so that [a]it would be manifested that they all are not of us. 20 [b]But you have an (F)anointing from (G)the Holy One, and (H)you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but (I)because you do know it, and [c]because no lie is (J)of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but (K)the one who denies that Jesus is the [d]Christ? This is (L)the [e]antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (M)Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that which you heard (N)from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also (O)will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 (P)And this is the promise which He Himself [f]made to us: eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to (Q)deceive you. 27 And as for you, the (R)anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing (S)teaches you about all things, and is (T)true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, [g]abide in Him.
28 And now, (U)little children, abide in Him, so that when He (V)is manifested, we may have (W)confidence and (X)not [h]shrink away from Him in shame [i]at His (Y)coming. 29 If you know that (Z)He is righteous, you know that everyone also who does righteousness (AA)has been [j]born of Him.
The Promise of Persecution
16 “(A)Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so [a]be (B)shrewd as serpents and (C)innocent as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you over to the (D)courts and flog you (E)in their synagogues; 18 and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 (F)But when they deliver you over, (G)do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given to you in that hour what you are to say. 20 For (H)it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 “(I)And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and (J)children will rise up against parents and [b]cause them to be put to death. 22 (K)And you will be hated by all because of My name, but (L)it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
23 “But whenever they (M)persecute you in this city, flee to [c]the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel (N)until the Son of Man comes.
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