Book of Common Prayer
83 Do not keep silent, O God. Do not be still, and do not cease, O God.
2 For lo, Your enemies murmur and those who hate You have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people and have consulted against Your treasured ones.
4 They have said, “Come and let us cut them off from being a nation. And let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more.”
5 For they have consulted together in heart and have made a league against You:
6 the tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Assyria has also joined with them. They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do to them as to the Midianites, as to Sisera and as to Jabin at the river of Kishon.
10 They perished at En Dor and were dung for the Earth.
11 Make them—even their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb (indeed, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmunna
12 who have said, “Let us take for our possession the habitations of God)—
13 O, my God, make them like a wheel and as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burns the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 so persecute them with Your tempest and make them afraid with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, so that they may seek Your Name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever. Indeed, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 so that they may know that You, Who are called JEHOVAH, are alone, the Most High over all the Earth. To him who excels upon Gittith: A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah
146 Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2 I will praise the LORD during my life. As long as I have any being, I will sing to my God.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him.
4 His breath departs. He returns to his earth. Then, his thoughts perish.
5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help; whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 Who made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that therein is. Who keeps his fidelity forever.
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up the crooked. The LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD keeps the strangers. He relieves the fatherless and widow; but He overthrows the way of the wicked.
10 The LORD shall reign forever! O Zion, your God endures from generation to generation. Praise the LORD!
147 Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing to our God; for it is a pleasant thing and praise is comely.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the dispersed of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their sores.
4 He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our LORD, and great is his power. His wisdom is infinite.
6 The LORD relieves the meek and abases the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with praise! Sing upon the harp to our God,
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds and prepares rain for the Earth and makes the grass grow upon the mountains;
9 Who gives food to beasts and to the young ravens that cry.
10 He has no pleasure in the strength of a horse, nor does He delight in the legs of man.
11 The LORD delights in those who fear Him and expectantly await His mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has made the bars of the gates strong and has blessed your children within you.
14 He sets peace on your borders and satisfies you with the flour of wheat.
15 He sends forth His Commandment upon Earth; and His Word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool and scatters the hoary frost like ashes.
17 He casts forth His ice like morsels. Who can abide the cold thereof?
18 He sends His Word and melts them. He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
19 He shows His Word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not dealt so with every nation; nor have they known His judgments. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD
85 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land. You have brought back the captives of Jacob.
2 You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins. Selah.
3 You have withdrawn all Your anger and have turned back from the fierceness of Your wrath.
4 Turn us, O God of Our Salvation, and release Your anger toward us.
5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your wrath from one generation to another?
6 Will You not turn again and quicken us, so that Your people may rejoice in You?
7 Show us Your mercy, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.
8 I will listen to what the LORD God will say. For He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints, so that they do not turn again to folly.
9 Surely, His salvation is near to those who fear Him, so that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth shall meet, righteousness and peace shall kiss.
11 Truth shall bud out of the Earth and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.
12 Indeed, the LORD shall give good things and our land shall give her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before Him and shall set her steps in the way. A prayer of David
86 Bow down Your ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am merciful. My God, save Your servant who trusts in You.
3 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I cry upon You continually.
4 Rejoice the soul of Your servant. For to You, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
5 For You, LORD, are good and merciful and of great kindness to all those who call upon You.
6 Give ear, LORD, to my prayer and pay attention to the voice of my supplication.
7 In the day of my trouble, I will call upon You; for You hear me.
8 Among the gods there is none like You, O LORD; and there are none like Your works.
9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O LORD, and shall glorify Your Name.
10 For You are great and do wondrous things. You are God, alone.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and I will walk in Your truth. Knit my heart to You, so that I may fear Your Name.
12 I will praise You, O LORD my God, with all my heart. Indeed, I will glorify Your Name forever.
13 For great is Your mercy toward me; and You have delivered my soul from the lowest grave.
14 O God, the proud have risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought my soul and have not set You before them.
15 But You, O LORD, are a pitying God, and merciful, slow to anger and great in kindness and truth.
16 Turn to me and have mercy upon me. Give Your strength to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaid.
17 Show a sign of goodness toward me, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. A Psalm, or song, committed to the sons of Korah
9 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of the children of the Prophets, and said to him, “Gird your loins and take this box of oil in your hand and get yourself to Ramoth Gilead.
2 “And when you get there, look for Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And go and make him rise up from among his brethren and lead him to a secret chamber.
3 “Then take the box of oil and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you for king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee without any delay.”
4 So the servant of the Prophet got himself to Ramoth Gilead.
5 And when he came in, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. And he said, “I have a message to you, O captain.” And Jehu said, “To which one of us?” And he answered, “To you, O captain.”
6 And he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
7 ‘And you shall strike the House of Ahab, your master, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants, the Prophets — and the blood of all the servants of the LORD — at the hand of Jezebel.
8 ‘For the whole House of Ahab shall be destroyed. And I will cut off all males from Ahab, he who is shut up as well as he who is left in Israel.
9 ‘And I will make the House of Ahab like the House of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the House of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
10 ‘And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the field of Jezreel. And there shall be no one to bury her.’” And he opened the door and fled.
11 Then Jehu came out to the servants of his lord. And someone said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad man come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and what his talk was.”
12 And they said, “It is false. Tell it to us now.” Then he said, “(Thus and thus) he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you for king over Israel.”’”
13 Then they hurried. And every man took his garment and put it underneath him, at the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!”
14 So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram protected Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, from Hazael, king of Aram.
15 And king Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed from the wounds which the Aramites had given him when he fought with Hazael, king of Aram. And Jehu said, “If you are so minded, let no man depart and escape out of the city to go and tell in Jezreel.”
16 So Jehu got up into a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.
12 All things are lawful to me. But all things are not profitable. I may do all things, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
13 Foods for the belly, and the belly for the foods. But God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14 And God has also raised up the Lord, and shall raise us up, by His power.
15 Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
16 Do you not know that he who couples himself with a prostitute is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.
17 But the one who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body. But the one who commits fornication, sins against his own body.
19 Do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost, Who is in you; Whom you have from God? And you are not your own.
20 For you are bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit. For they are God’s.
6 “Be careful that you do not give your alms before men to be seen by them. Or else you shall have no reward from your Father Who is in Heaven.
2 “Therefore, when you give your alms, you shall not make a trumpet to be blown before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, to be praised by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
3 “But when you do your alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does.
4 “so that your alms may be in secret. And your Father, Who sees in secret, He will reward you openly.
5 “And when you pray, do not be as the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they wish to be seen by man. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
6 “But when you pray, enter into your chamber. And when you have shut your door, pray to your Father Who is in secret. And your Father, Who sees in secret, shall reward you openly.
16 “Moreover, when you fast, do not look sour as the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces, to show men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you that they have their reward.
17 “But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face,
18 “so that you do not fast for man to see, but your Father, Who is in secret. And your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
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