Book of Common Prayer

102 For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

³ Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

⁴ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

⁵ Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's.

⁶ The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

⁷ He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

⁸ The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

⁹ He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.

¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

¹³ As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

¹⁵ Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

¹⁶ For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.

¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

²¹ Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

²² Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

107 A canticle of a psalm for David himself.

² My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

³ Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

⁴ I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the populations.

⁵ For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.

⁶ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth:

⁷ That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.

⁸ God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

⁹ Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king:

¹⁰ Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.

¹¹ Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

¹² Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

¹³ O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

¹⁴ Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

¹⁷ For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.

¹⁸ But you shall be glad and rejoice for ever in these things, which I create: for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and the people thereof joy.

¹⁹ And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

²⁰ There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

²¹ And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.

²² They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and the works of their hands shall be of long continuance.

²³ My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.

²⁴ And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hear; as they are yet speaking, I will hear.

²⁵ The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

¹⁷ Let the priests that rule well, be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine:

¹⁸ For the scripture saith: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

¹⁹ Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

²⁰ Them that sin reprove before all: that the rest also may have fear.

²¹ I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by declining to either side.

²² Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.

²³ Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.

²⁴ Some men's sins are manifest, going before to judgment: and some men they follow after.

²⁵ In like manner also good deeds are manifest: and they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.

²⁸ And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.

²⁹ And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.

³⁰ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.

³¹ And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

³² And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides him.

³³ And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.

³⁴ And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.