Book of Common Prayer
137 We sat by the rivers of Babel; and there we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps upon the willows, in the midst thereof.
3 Those who led us into captivity required songs and glee from us when we had hung up our harps, saying, “Sing us the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing a song of the LORD in a strange land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget,
6 if I do not remember you. Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not prefer Jerusalem to my chief joy.
7 Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, on the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it to the foundation thereof!”
8 O Daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed. Blessed is he who rewards you as you have served us.
9 Blessed is he who takes and dashes your children against the stones. A Psalm of David
144 Blessed be the LORD, my strength; Who teaches my hands to fight and my fingers to battle,
2 my goodness and my fortress, my tower and my deliverer, my shield. I trust in Him Who subdues my people under me.
3 LORD, what is man that You regard him, the son of man that You think upon him?
4 Man is like vanity, his days like a shadow that vanishes.
5 Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth the lightning and scatter them. Shoot out Your arrows and consume them.
7 Send Your hand from above. Deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, and from the hand of strangers,
8 whose mouth talks vanity. And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song to You, O God—sing to You upon a viol, an instrument of ten strings—
10 Who gives deliverance to kings, rescues David, His servant, from the hurtful sword.
11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talks vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,
12 so that our sons may be as the plants (growing up in their youth) and our daughters as the cornerstones (sculpted in the likeness of a palace);
13 so that our corners may be full—abounding with diverse sorts — and that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousand in our streets;
14 so that our oxen may be strong to labor; so that there is no invasion nor going out nor crying in our streets.
15 Blessed are the people who are so. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. A Psalm of David, of praise
104 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, You are exceedingly great. You are clothed with Glory and honor.
2 The One Who covers Himself with light, as with a garment, and spread the heavens like a curtain.
3 The One Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters, and makes the clouds His chariot, and walks upon the wings of the wind.
4 The One Who makes the spirits His messengers, and a flaming fire His ministers.
5 The One Who sets the Earth upon her foundations, so that it shall never move.
6 You cover it with the deep, as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they flee; at the voice of Your thunder they hurry away.
8 The mountains ascend. The valleys descend to the place which You have established for them.
9 You have set them a boundary which they shall not pass. They shall not return to cover the Earth.
10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run between the mountains.
11 They shall give drink to all the beasts of the field, and the wild asses shall quench their thirst.
12 By these springs shall the birds of the heaven dwell and sing among the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from His chambers. The Earth is filled with the fruit of Your works.
14 He causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the use of man; so that he may bring forth bread out of the Earth
15 and wine that makes the heart of man glad and oil to make his face shine and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
16 The high trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,
17 so that the birds may make their nests there. The stork dwells in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19 He appointed the Moon for certain seasons; the Sun knows its going down.
20 You make darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
21 The lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.
22 When the Sun rises, they retire and lie down in their dens.
23 Then man goes forth to his work, and to his labor, until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom, You have made them all. The Earth is full of Your riches!
25 So great and wide is the sea; in which are innumerable creeping things, both small beasts and great.
26 Thereupon go the ships, and therein plays that Leviathan, whom You have made.
27 All these wait upon You, so that You may give them food in due season.
28 You give it to them, and they gather it. You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things.
29 If You hide Your face, they are troubled. If You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your spirit, and they are created; You renew the face of the Earth.
31 Glory be to the LORD forever. Let the LORD rejoice in His works!
32 He looks on the Earth and it trembles. He touches the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD all my life. I will praise my God while I live.
34 Let my words be acceptable to Him. I will rejoice in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the Earth, and the wicked, until there are no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
11 This is the day that your walls shall be built. This day shall drive the decree far away.
12 Also at this time they shall come to you from Assyria and the strong cities, and from the strongholds to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Nevertheless, the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruits of their inventions.
14 Feed Your people with Your rod, the flock of Your heritage (who dwell solitarily in the forest) in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in days of old.
15 “According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show to him marvelous things.”
16 The nations shall see and be confounded for all their power. They shall lay their hand upon their mouth. Their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent. They shall move out of their holes like worms. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of You.
18 Who is a God like You, Who takes away iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage! He does not retain His wrath forever, because mercy pleases Him.
19 He will turn again and have compassion upon us. He will subdue our iniquities and cast all their sins into the bottom of the sea.
20 You will perform truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, as You have sworn to our fathers in days of old.
7 Now, the end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be of sound mind, and watching in prayer.
8 But above all things, have fervent love among you. For love shall cover a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable one to another, without grumbling.
10 The same gifts which everyone has received, let us minister to each other as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do so as with the strength which God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to Whom is praise and dominion, forever and ever. Amen.
12 Dearly beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is among you (to test you), as though some strange thing had come to you.
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings! So that when His Glory shall appear, you may be glad and rejoice!
14 If you are railed upon for the Name of Christ, you are blessed! For the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you (Who on their part is blasphemed, but on your part is glorified).
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody.
16 But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed. But let him glorify God in this behalf.
17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those who do not obey the Gospel of God?
18 “And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
19 Therefore, let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him.
30 And behold, two blind men, sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried, saying, “O Lord, the Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
31 And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace. But they cried all the more, saying, “O Lord! The Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
32 Then Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, “What would you have Me do to you?
33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened!”
34 And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight. And they followed Him.
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