Book of Common Prayer
56 Be merciful to me, O God; for man desires to swallow me up. He fights continually and troubles me.
2 My enemies would swallow me up daily; for many fight against me, O You Most High.
3 When I was afraid, I trusted in You.
4 I will rejoice in God because of His Word. I trust in God and will not fear what flesh can do to me.
5 My own words grieve me daily. All their thoughts are against me, to do me hurt.
6 They gather together and keep themselves close. They mark my steps because they wait for my soul.
7 They think they shall escape by iniquity. O God, cast these people down in Your anger.
8 You have counted my wanderings. Put my tears into Your bottle. Are they not in Your register?
9 When I cry, then my enemies shall turn back. This I know; for God is with me.
10 I will rejoice in God because of His Word. I will rejoice in the LORD because of His Word.
11 In God do I trust. I will not be afraid what man can do to me.
12 Your vows are upon me, O God. I will render praises to You.
13 For You have delivered my soul from death—and also my feet from falling—so that I may walk before God in the light of the living. To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm of David, on Michtam, when he fled from Saul in the cave
57 Have mercy upon me, O God. Have mercy upon me, for my soul trusts in You, and in the shadow of Your wings I will trust till afflictions pass over.
2 I will call to the Most High God, the God Who performs toward me.
3 He will send from Heaven and save me from the reproof of him who would swallow me. Selah. God will send His mercy and His truth.
4 My soul is among lions; I lie among the children of men, who are set on fire; whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Exalt Yourself, O God, above the heaven. Let Your Glory be upon all the Earth.
6 They have laid a net for my steps. My soul is pressed down; they have dug a pit before me and have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
7 My heart is prepared, O God. My heart is prepared. I will sing and give praise!
8 Awake, my tongue! Awake, viol and harp! I will awake early!
9 I will praise You, O LORD, among the people. I will sing to You among the nations.
10 For Your mercy is great unto the heavens; Your Truth unto the clouds!
11 Exalt Yourself, O God, above the heavens! Let Your Glory be upon all the Earth! To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm of David, on Michtam
58 Is it true? O congregation, do you speak justly? O sons of men, do you judge uprightly?
2 Indeed, rather, you imagine mischief in your heart. Your hands execute cruelty upon the Earth.
3 The wicked are strangers from the womb. From the belly, they have erred and speak lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like the deaf adder that stops its ear
5 It does not hear the voice of the enchanter (though he is most expert in charming).
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths. Break the jaws of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them melt like the waters. Let them pass away. When he shoots his arrows, let them be broken.
8 Let them proceed as a snail that melts, and like the stillborn child of a woman who has not seen the Sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns, let Him carry them away as green, with a whirlwind, in His wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And men shall say, “Truly, there is fruit for the righteous. Doubtless, there is a God Who judges on the Earth.” To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm of David on Michtam, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the rage of the works of iniquity
3 which have whet their tongue like a sword and shot bitter words for their arrows,
4 to shoot at the upright in secret. They shoot at him suddenly and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselves in a wicked purpose. They commune together to lay snares privately, saying, “Who shall see them?”
6 They have sought out iniquities and have accomplished that which they sought. Everyone’s inward thoughts and depth of heart are both deep.
7 But God will shoot an arrow at them suddenly. Their strokes shall be sudden.
8 They shall cause them to fall upon their own tongue. Whoever shall see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall see it and declare the work of God; and they shall understand what He has wrought.
10 But the righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and trust in Him; and all who are upright in heart shall rejoice. To him who excels: A psalm or song of David
65 O God, praise waits for You in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.
2 O, You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come!
3 Wicked deeds have prevailed against me. But You will be merciful to our transgressions.
4 Blessed is he whom You choose and cause to come. He shall dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Your House, and of Your Holy Temple.
5 O God of our salvation, You will answer us with fearful signs in Your righteousness. You are the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of those who are far off in the sea.
6 He establishes the mountains by His power, being clothed with strength.
7 He appeases the noise of the seas, and the noise of the waves thereof, and the tumults of the people.
8 Also, those who dwell in the uttermost parts shall be afraid of Your signs. You shall make the outgoings of the morning and the evening rejoice.
9 You visit the Earth and water it. You make it very rich. The river of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have appointed it.
10 You water the furrows thereof abundantly. You cause the rain to descend into the valleys thereof. You make it soft with showers and bless the bud thereof.
11 You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your steps drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the hills shall be surrounded with gladness.
13 The pastures are clad with sheep. The valleys, also, shall be covered with grain. They shout for joy and sing. To him who excels: A song or psalm
21 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may make myself a garden of herbs from it, because it is nearby my house. And I will give you a better vineyard for it than what you have. Or if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money.”
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD keep me from giving the inheritance of my father to you.”
4 Then Ahab came into his house, heavy and in displeasure because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him. For he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay upon his bed and turned his face and would eat no bread.
5 Then Jezebel, his wife, came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
6 And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.’” but he answered, “I will not give you my vineyard.”
7 Then Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Up! Eat bread and be of good cheer. I will deliver to you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and set Naboth among the chief of the people.
10 “And set two wicked men before him. And let them witness against him, saying, ‘You blasphemed God and the king!’ Then carry him out and stone him so that he may die.”
11 And the men of the city, the elders and governors who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
12 They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth among the chief of the people.
13 And two wicked men came and sat before him. And the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth blasphemed God and the king!” Then they carried him away out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
15 And when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Up! Take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to give you for money. For Naboth is not alive, but is dead.”
16 And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he rose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Paul, a called Apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes,
2 to the Church of God, which is at Corinth; to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus (Saints by calling) with all that call on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place, both theirs and ours:
3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you in Jesus Christ.
5 That in all things you are made rich in Him in every expression and in all knowledge.
6 As the testimony of Jesus Christ has been confirmed in you.
7 So that you are not deficient in any gift, awaiting the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful; by Whom you are called to the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I urge you, brothers, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak one thing, and that there be no dissensions among you. But be joined together in one mind, and in one judgment.
11 For it has been declared to me, my brothers, by those who are of the house of Chloe, that there is strife among you.
12 Now I say this: that each one of you says, “I am Paul’s”, and “I am Apollos’s”, and “I am Cephas’s” and “I am Christ’s”.
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but rather Crispus and Gaius,
15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized into my own name.
16 Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. But I do not know whether I baptized any other besides that.
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel (not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect).
18 For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish, foolishness. But to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will cast away the understanding of the prudent.”
4 Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
3 Then the tempter came to Him, and said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”
4 But He, answering, said, “It is written, man shall not live by bread only, but by every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God.”
5 Then the devil took Him up into the Holy City and set Him on a pinnacle of the Temple,
6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down. For it is written that ‘He will give His angels charge over you. And they shall lift you up with their hands, lest at any time you should dash your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
8 Again, the devil took Him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
9 and said to Him, “All these I will give You, if You will fall down, and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, And Him only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left Him. And behold, the angels came and ministered to Him.
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