Book of Common Prayer
140 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the cruel man.
2 Who imagine evil things in their heart and make war continually.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the cruel man, who intends to cause my steps to slide.
5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net with cords in my pathway, and set traps for me. Selah.
6 I said to the LORD, “You are my God. Hear, O LORD, the voice of my prayers.
7 “O LORD God, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head on the day of battle.
8 “Do not let the wicked have his desire, O LORD. Do not perform his wicked thought, lest they be proud. Selah.
9 “The chief of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
10 “Let coals fall upon them. Let him cast them into the fire, into the deep pits, so that they do not rise.
11 “The backbiter shall not be established upon the Earth. Evil shall hunt the cruel man to destruction.”
12 I know that the LORD will avenge the afflicted and judge the poor.
13 Surely, the righteous shall praise Your Name; and the just shall dwell in Your presence. A Psalm of David
142 I cried to the LORD with my voice! With my voice I prayed to the LORD.
2 I poured out my meditation before Him, declared my affection in His presence.
3 Though my spirit was overwhelmed in me, You still knew my path. They have secretly laid a snare for me in the way wherein I walk.
4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who knew me. All refuge failed me. No one cared for my soul.
5 I cried to You, O LORD, and said, “You are my Hope, my portion in the land of the living.
6 “Listen to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
7 “Bring my soul out of prison, so that I may praise Your Name. The righteous shall surround me when You are beneficial to me.” A Psalm of David
141 O LORD, I call upon You! Hurry to me! Hear my voice when I cry to You!
2 Let my prayer be directed in Your sight as incense, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to evil, so that I would commit wicked works with those who work iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me; for that is a benefit. And let him reprove me; it shall be as a precious oil that shall not break my head. For after a while, I shall even pray in their miseries.
6 When their judges are cast down in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones lie scattered at the grave’s mouth, as he who hews or digs in the earth.
8 But my eyes look to You, O LORD God. In You is my trust. Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape. A Psalm of David, to give instruction; and a prayer when he was in the cave
143 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my supplication. Answer me in Your truth and in Your righteousness.
2 (And do not enter into judgment with Your servant; for in Your sight shall no one who lives be justified.)
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul. He has stricken my life down to the Earth. He has laid me in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.
4 And my spirit was desolate in me; my heart within me was amazed.
5 I remember the time past. I meditate on all Your works. I meditate on the works of Your hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands to You. My soul desires You, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear me speedily, O LORD! My spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me; or else I shall be like those who go down into the pit.
8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for in You is my trust. Show me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul to You.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies. I have hidden myself with You.
10 Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God. Let Your good Spirit lead me to the Land of Righteousness.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for Your Name’s sake. Bring my soul out of trouble because of Your righteousness,
12 and slay my enemies because of Your mercy and destroy all those who oppress my soul; for I am Your servant. A Psalm of David
14 They shall lift up their voice. They shall shout for the magnificence of the LORD. They shall rejoice from the sea.
15 Therefore, praise the LORD in the valleys, the Name of the LORD God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16 From the outermost part of the Earth we have heard praises, glory to the just. And I said, “My leanness! My leanness! Woe to me! The transgressors have offended. Yea, the transgressors have grievously offended.”
17 Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the Earth!
18 And he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit. And he who comes up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For the windows from on high are open. And the foundations of the Earth shake.
19 The Earth has utterly broken down. The Earth has completely dissolved. The Earth has moved exceedingly.
20 The Earth shall reel to and fro like a drunken man, and shall be removed like a tent. And its iniquity shall be heavy upon it, so that it shall fall and rise no more.
21 And on that day, the LORD shall visit the host above that is on high, the kings of the world that are upon the Earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together as the prisoners in the pit. And they shall be shut up in the prison. And after many days, they shall be visited.
23 Then the Moon shall be ashamed, and the Sun, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before His ancient men.
13 And who is it that will harm you if you follow that which is good?
14 But if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. And “do not fear their terror, nor be troubled.”
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer - with humility and respect - to everyone who asks you the Reason for the hope that is in you;
16 having a good conscience, so that when they falsely accuse you as evildoers, those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
17 For it is better (if it is the will of God) to suffer for doing good rather than evil.
18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins - the Just for the unjust - so that He might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
19 by Whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison.
20 They were disobedient in the past, when once more the patience of God awaited in the days of Noah while the Ark was being prepared (in which few - that is, eight - souls were saved in the water).
21 This is now represented by baptism, which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God, made with a good conscience. This also rescues us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 Who is at the right hand of God, gone into Heaven, to Whom the angels and powers and might are subject.
4 Therefore, as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind. For he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
2 so that henceforth (as much time as remains in the flesh) he should not live after the lusts of man, but after the will of God.
3 For in the past of our lives, it may have sufficed for us to work after the same desires as the Gentiles: walking in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, in gluttony, carousing, and in abominable idolatries.
4 So, it seems strange to them that you do not run with them to the same excess of debauchery, and they speak evil of you.
5 They shall give account to Him Who is ready to judge quick and dead.
6 For to this purpose was the Gospel also preached to the dead: so that they might be condemned according to man in the flesh but might live according to God in the Spirit.
17 And Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and took the twelve disciples aside on the way and said to them,
18 “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes. And they shall condemn Him to death,
19 “and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles - to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify. But the third day, He shall rise again.”
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s children came to Him with her sons, worshipping, and desiring a certain thing of Him.
21 “And he said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to him, “Grant that these, my two sons, may sit - the one at Your right hand and the other at Your left hand - in Your Kingdom.”
22 And Jesus answered, and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink from the cup from which I shall drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I shall be baptized?” They said to Him, “We are able.”
23 And He said to them, “You shall indeed drink from My cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. But to sit at My right hand, and at My left hand, is not Mine to give. But it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared by My Father.”
24 And when the other ten heard this, they were angry at the two brothers.
25 Therefore Jesus called them to Him, and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them. And those who are great, exercise authority over them.
26 “But it shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your servant.
27 “And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant;
28 “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life for the ransom of many.”
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