Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 45[a]
For the music director, according to the tune of “Lilies”;[b] by the Korahites, a well-written poem,[c] a love song.
45 My heart is stirred by a beautiful song.[d]
I say, “I have composed this special song[e] for the king;
my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”[f]
2 You are the most handsome of all men.[g]
You speak in an impressive and fitting manner.[h]
For this reason[i] God grants you continual blessings.[j]
3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior.[k]
Appear in your majestic splendor.[l]
4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious.[m]
Ride forth for the sake of what is right,[n]
on behalf of justice.[o]
Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts.[p]
5 Your arrows are sharp
and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
Nations fall at your feet.[q]
6 Your throne,[r] O God, is permanent.[s]
The scepter[t] of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
7 You love[u] justice and hate evil.[v]
For this reason God, your God,[w] has anointed you[x]
with the oil of joy,[y] elevating you above your companions.[z]
8 All your garments are perfumed with[aa] myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
From the luxurious palaces[ab] comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.[ac]
9 Princesses[ad] are among your honored women.[ae]
Your bride[af] stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.[ag]
10 Listen, O princess.[ah]
Observe and pay attention![ai]
Forget your homeland[aj] and your family.[ak]
11 Then[al] the king will be attracted by[am] your beauty.
After all, he is your master. Submit[an] to him.[ao]
12 Rich people from Tyre
will seek your favor by bringing a gift.[ap]
13 The princess[aq] looks absolutely magnificent,[ar]
decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.[as]
14 In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king.
Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her,
are led before you.[at]
15 They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession
and enter the royal palace.[au]
16 Your[av] sons will carry on[aw] the dynasty of your ancestors;[ax]
you will make them princes throughout the land.
17 I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,[ay]
then the nations will praise you[az] forever.
Psalm 47[a]
For the music director, by the Korahites; a psalm.
47 All you nations, clap your hands.
Shout out to God in celebration.[b]
2 For the Lord Most High[c] is awe-inspiring;[d]
he is the great king who rules the whole earth![e]
3 He subdued nations beneath us[f]
and countries[g] under our feet.
4 He picked out for us a special land[h]
to be a source of pride for[i] Jacob,[j] whom he loves.[k] (Selah)
5 God has ascended his throne[l] amid loud shouts;[m]
the Lord has ascended amid the blaring of ram’s horns.[n]
6 Sing to God! Sing!
Sing to our king! Sing!
7 For God is king of the whole earth.
Sing a well-written song.[o]
8 God reigns[p] over the nations.
God sits on his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the nations assemble,
along with the people of the God of Abraham,[q]
for God has authority over the rulers[r] of the earth.
He is highly exalted.[s]
Psalm 48[t]
A song, a psalm by the Korahites.
48 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise
in the city of our God,[u] his holy hill.
2 It is lofty and pleasing to look at,[v]
a source of joy to the whole earth.[w]
Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon;[x]
it is the city of the great king.
3 God is in its fortresses;
he reveals himself as its defender.[y]
4 For[z] look, the kings assemble;[aa]
they advance together.
5 As soon as they see,[ab] they are shocked;[ac]
they are terrified, they quickly retreat.[ad]
6 Look at them shake uncontrollably,[ae]
like a woman writhing in childbirth.[af]
7 With an east wind
you shatter[ag] the large ships.[ah]
8 We heard about God’s mighty deeds; now we have seen them,[ai]
in the city of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,[aj]
in the city of our God.
God makes it permanently secure.[ak] (Selah)
9 Within your temple
we reflect on your loyal love, O God.
10 The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth
is worthy of your reputation, O God.[al]
You execute justice.[am]
11 Mount Zion rejoices;
the towns[an] of Judah are happy,[ao]
because of your acts of judgment.[ap]
12 Walk around[aq] Zion. Encircle it.
Count its towers.
13 Consider its defenses.[ar]
Walk through[as] its fortresses,
so you can tell the next generation about it.[at]
14 For God, our God, is our defender forever.[au]
He guides[av] us.[aw]
9 1 (8:23)[a] The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious.[b]
In earlier times he[c] humiliated
the land of Zebulun,
and the land of Naphtali;[d]
but now he brings honor[e]
to the way of the sea,
the region beyond the Jordan,
and Galilee of the nations.[f]
2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness
see a bright light;[g]
light shines
on those who live in a land of deep darkness.[h]
3 You[i] have enlarged the nation;
you give them great joy.[j]
They rejoice in your presence
as harvesters rejoice;
as warriors celebrate[k] when they divide up the plunder.
4 For their oppressive yoke
and the club that strikes their shoulders,
the cudgel the oppressor uses on them,[l]
you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.[m]
5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth[n]
and every garment dragged through blood
is used as fuel for the fire.
6 For a child has been[o] born to us,
a son has been given to us.
He shoulders responsibility[p]
and is called[q]
Wonderful Adviser,[r]
Mighty God,[s]
Everlasting Father,[t]
Prince of Peace.[u]
7 His dominion will be vast,[v]
and he will bring immeasurable prosperity.[w]
He will rule on David’s throne
and over David’s kingdom,[x]
establishing it[y] and strengthening it
by promoting justice and fairness,[z]
from this time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies[aa] will accomplish this.
Salvation Based on the Word of God
12 Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly[a] of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have. 13 Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle,[b] I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, 14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed,[c] because[d] our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.[e] 15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.[f]
16 For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return[g] of our Lord Jesus Christ;[h] no,[i] we were[j] eyewitnesses of his[k] grandeur.[l] 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that[m] voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”[n] 18 When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves[o] heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.[p] 19 Moreover,[q] we[r] possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing.[s] You do well if you pay attention[t] to this[u] as you would[v] to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star[w] rises in your hearts.[x] 20 Above all, you do well if you recognize[y] this:[z] No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination,[aa] 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men[ab] carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials
54 Then[a] they arrested[b] Jesus,[c] led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house.[d] But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 Then a slave girl,[e] seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!” 57 But Peter[f] denied it: “Woman,[g] I don’t know[h] him!” 58 Then[i] a little later someone else[j] saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man,[k] I am not!” 59 And after about an hour still another insisted,[l] “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”[m] 60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment,[n] while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.[o] 61 Then[p] the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord,[q] how he had said to him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.[r]
63 Now[s] the men who were holding Jesus[t] under guard began to mock him and beat him. 64 They[u] blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,[v] “Prophesy! Who hit you?”[w] 65 They also said many other things against him, reviling[x] him.
66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law.[y] Then[z] they led Jesus[aa] away to their council[ab] 67 and said, “If[ac] you are the Christ,[ad] tell us.” But he said to them, “If[ae] I tell you, you will not[af] believe, 68 and if[ag] I ask you, you will not[ah] answer. 69 But from now on[ai] the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand[aj] of the power[ak] of God.”
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