Book of Common Prayer
Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
31 (A)In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never (B)be ashamed;
(C)In Your righteousness protect me.
2 (D)Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be to me a (E)rock of [a]strength,
A fortress to save me.
3 For You are my [b](F)high rock and my fortress;
For (G)Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
4 You will (H)bring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my (I)strength.
5 (J)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have (K)ransomed me, O Yahweh, (L)God of truth.
6 I hate those who (M)regard worthless idols,
But I (N)trust in Yahweh.
7 I will (O)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have (P)seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
8 And You have not (Q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.
9 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for (R)I am in distress;
My (S)eye is wasted away from grief, (T)my soul and [c]my body also.
10 For my life is worn down with (U)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My (V)strength fails because of my iniquity,
And (W)my bones waste away.
11 Among all my adversaries, I have become a (X)reproach,
Especially to my (Y)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 I am (Z)forgotten like a dead man—out of [d]mind—
I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard [e](AA)the bad report of many,
(AB)Terror is on every side;
While they (AC)took counsel together against me,
They (AD)schemed to take my life.
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,
I say, “(AE)You are my God.”
15 My (AF)times are in Your hand;
(AG)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Make Your (AH)face to shine upon Your slave;
(AI)Save me in Your lovingkindness.
17 O Yahweh, let me not be (AJ)put to shame, for I call upon You;
Let the (AK)wicked be put to shame, let them (AL)be silent in Sheol.
18 Let the (AM)lying lips be mute,
Which (AN)speak arrogantly against the righteous
With lofty pride and contempt.
19 How great is Your (AO)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have worked for those who (AP)take refuge in You,
(AQ)Before the sons of men!
20 You hide them in the (AR)secret place of Your presence from the (AS)conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a [f]shelter from the (AT)strife of tongues.
21 (AU)Blessed be Yahweh,
For He has made (AV)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged (AW)city.
22 As for me, (AX)I said in my alarm,
“I am (AY)cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless, You (AZ)heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You for help.
Yahweh Be Magnified
Of David.
35 Contend, O Yahweh, with those who (A)contend with me;
Fight against those who (B)fight against me.
2 Take hold of [a](C)shield and large shield
And rise up for (D)my help.
3 Draw also the spear and [b]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am (E)your salvation.”
4 Let those be (F)ashamed and dishonored who seek my [c]life;
Let those who devise evil against me be (G)turned back and humiliated.
5 Let them be (H)like chaff before the wind,
With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.
6 Let their way be dark and (I)slippery,
With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
7 For (J)without cause they (K)hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a [d]pit for my soul.
8 Let (L)destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,
And (M)let the net, which he hid, catch him;
Let him fall into it in (N)destruction.
9 And my soul shall (O)rejoice in Yahweh;
It shall (P)be joyful in His salvation.
10 All my (Q)bones will say, “Yahweh, (R)who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him (S)who is too strong for him,
And (T)the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”
11 (U)Malicious witnesses rise up,
Who ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They (V)repay me evil for good,
It is bereavement to my soul.
13 But as for me, (W)when they were sick, my (X)clothing was sackcloth;
I (Y)humbled my soul with fasting,
And my (Z)prayer kept returning to my bosom.
14 I walked about as though it were my friend or brother;
I (AA)bowed down [e]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
15 But (AB)at my [f]stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together;
The [g](AC)smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They (AD)tore at me and never were silent.
16 Amongst the godless jesters at a feast,
They (AE)gnashed at me with their teeth.
17 Lord, (AF)how long will You look on?
Bring back my soul (AG)from their ravages,
My (AH)only life from the lions.
18 I will (AI)give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will (AJ)praise You among a mighty people.
19 (AK)Let those who are wrongfully (AL)my enemies not be glad over me;
Nor let those (AM)who hate me without cause [h](AN)wink maliciously.
20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise (AO)deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 They (AP)opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “(AQ)Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
22 (AR)You have seen it, O Yahweh, (AS)do not keep silent;
O Lord, (AT)do not be far from me.
23 (AU)Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justice
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 (AV)Judge me, O Yahweh my God, according to Your righteousness,
And (AW)do not let them be glad over me.
25 Do not let them say in their heart, “(AX)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have (AY)swallowed him up!”
26 Let (AZ)those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;
Let those be (BA)clothed with shame and dishonor who (BB)magnify themselves over me.
26 Now (A)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, (B)also [a]raised his hand against the king. 27 Now this was the reason why he [b]raised his hand against the king: (C)Solomon built the [c]Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David. 28 Now the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And (D)Solomon saw that the young man was [d]industrious and appointed him over all the load-bearers of the house of Joseph. 29 Now it happened at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and (E)that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now [e]he had covered himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. 30 Then (F)Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, (G)I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes, 32 (H)but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, (I)the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, 33 because they have forsaken Me, and (J)have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, (K)Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My sight and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as his father David did. 34 Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him [f]ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes; 35 but (L)I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you—the ten tribes. 36 But (M)to his son I will give one tribe, (N)that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, (O)the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. 37 And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. 38 Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then (P)I will be with you and (Q)build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. 39 Thus I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not always.’” 40 Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to (R)Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
The Death of Solomon
41 (S)Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 Thus (T)the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 And Solomon (U)slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son (V)Rehoboam became king in his place.
Life Is a Vapor
13 (A)Come now, you who say, “(B)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” 14 [a]Yet you do not know [b]what your life will be like tomorrow. (C)You are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15 [c]Instead, you ought to say, “(D)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast in your [d]arrogance. (E)All such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, (F)to one who knows to do the [e]right thing and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Miseries of the Rich
5 (G)Come now, (H)you rich, (I)cry, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 (J)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up such treasure (K)in the last days! 4 Behold, (L)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields—that which has been withheld by you—cries out against you; and (M)the outcries of those who did the harvesting have reached the ears of (N)the [f]Lord of [g]Sabaoth. 5 You have (O)lived luxuriously on the earth and lived in self-indulgence. You have [h]fattened your hearts in a (P)day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and (Q)murdered (R)the righteous man; [i]he does not resist you.
The Crucifixion
22 (A)Then they *brought Him to the place (B)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. 23 And they tried to give Him (C)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. 24 And they *crucified Him, and *(D)divided up His garments among themselves, casting [a]lots for them to decide who should take what. 25 Now it was the [b](E)third hour, and they crucified Him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against Him [c]read, “(F)THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
27 And they *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. 28 [d][And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] 29 And those passing by were blaspheming Him, (G)shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to (H)destroy the [e]sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, 30 save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” 31 In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “(I)He saved others; [f]He cannot save Himself. 32 Let this [g]Christ, (J)the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” (K)Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.
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