Book of Common Prayer
Lead Me in Your Truth
Of David.
Aleph
25 To You, O Yahweh, I (A)lift up my soul.
Beth
Gimel
3 Indeed, let (E)none who hope in You be ashamed;
Let those who (F)deal treacherously without cause be ashamed.
Daleth
4 (G)Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh;
Teach me Your paths.
He / Vav
5 Lead me in (H)Your truth and teach me,
For You are the (I)God of my salvation;
In You I (J)hope all the day.
Zayin
6 (K)Remember, O Yahweh, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been [a](L)from of old.
Heth
7 Do not remember the (M)sins of my youth or my transgressions;
(N)According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For the sake of Your (O)goodness, O Yahweh.
Teth
Yodh
Kaph
10 All the paths of Yahweh are (U)lovingkindness and truth
To (V)those who guard His covenant and His testimonies.
Lamedh
Mem
Nun
Samekh
14 The [e](AC)secret of Yahweh is for those who fear Him,
[f]And He will (AD)make them know His covenant.
Ayin
Pe
Tsadhe
Resh
Resh
Shin
Tav
Yahweh Will Judge the World in Righteousness
For the choir director. [a]Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David.
Aleph
9 [b]I will give thanks to Yahweh with all (A)my heart;
I will (B)recount all Your [c]wondrous deeds.
Aleph
Beth
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (F)perish before You.
4 For You have (G)maintained my [d]justice and my cause;
You have sat on the throne [e](H)judging righteously.
Gimel
5 You have (I)rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish;
You have (J)blotted out their name forever and ever.
He
6 [f]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [g]ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (K)memory of them has perished.
Vav
Vav
8 And He will (N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will render justice for the peoples with equity.
Vav
Vav
10 And [k]those who (P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Yahweh, have not (Q)forsaken those who seek You.
Zayin
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who (R)abides in Zion;
(S)Declare among the peoples His acts.
12 For (T)He who [l]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget (U)the cry of the afflicted.
Heth
13 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh;
See my affliction from those (V)who hate me,
You who (W)lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may recount (X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may (Y)rejoice in Your [m]salvation.
Teth
15 The nations have sunk down (Z)in the pit which they have made;
In the (AA)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 Yahweh has (AB)made Himself known;
He has (AC)executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. [n]Higgaion [o]Selah.
Yodh
Kaph
Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?
A Psalm of David.
15 O Yahweh, who may [a]sojourn (A)in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your (B)holy mountain?
2 He who (C)walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,
And (D)speaks truth in his heart.
3 He (E)does not slander [b]with his tongue,
Nor (F)does evil to his neighbor,
Nor (G)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 In [c]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But [d]who (H)honors those who fear Yahweh;
He (I)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He (J)does not put out his money [e]at interest,
Nor (K)does he take a bribe against the innocent.
(L)He who does these things will never be shaken.
Daniel Interprets the Dream
19 “Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his (A)thoughts were alarming him. The king answered and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not (B)let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar answered and said, ‘(C)My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to (D)your adversaries! 20 The (E)tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth, 21 and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field inhabited, and in whose branches the birds of the sky dwelt— 22 it is (F)you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your greatness has become even greater and reached to the sky and your [a](G)dominion to the end of the earth. 23 But in that the king saw a watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “(H)Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump [b]with its roots in the earth, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let [c]him share with the beasts of the field until (I)seven [d]periods of time pass over him,” 24 this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the resolution of the Most High, which has (J)reached my lord the king: 25 that you be (K)driven away from mankind and your place of habitation be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven [e]periods of time will pass over you, until you know that the (L)Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and (M)gives it to whomever He wishes. 26 And in that they said to (N)leave the stump [f]with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will endure for you after you know that it is (O)Heaven that rules with power. 27 Therefore, O king, may my (P)advice seem good to you: [g](Q)break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by (R)showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a (S)prolonging of your prosperity.’
19 And by this we will know that we are (A)of the truth, and will [a]assure our heart before Him 20 [b]in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 (B)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have (C)confidence [c]before God; 22 and (D)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we (E)keep His commandments and do (F)the things that are pleasing in His sight.
23 And this is His commandment, that we [d](G)believe in (H)the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as (I)He gave a commandment to us. 24 And the one who (J)keeps His commandments (K)abides in Him, and He in him. (L)We know by this that (M)He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave us.
Test the Spirits
4 (N)Beloved, do not believe every (O)spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because (P)many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: (Q)every spirit that (R)confesses that (S)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that (T)does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the (U)antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and (V)now it is already in the world. 4 You are from God, (W)little children, and (X)have overcome them; because (Y)greater is He who is in you than (Z)he who is in the world. 5 (AA)They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world hears them. 6 (AB)We are from God. (AC)The one who knows God hears us; (AD)the one who is not from God does not hear us. From this we know (AE)the spirit of truth and (AF)the spirit of error.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 And (A)Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and (B)news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. 15 And He was (C)teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 And He came to (D)Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and as was His custom, (E)He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and (F)stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 “(G)The Spirit of the [a]Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
19 (H)To proclaim the favorable year of the [b]Lord.”
20 And He (I)closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and (J)sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your [c]hearing.” 22 And all were [d]speaking well of Him and marveling at the [e]gracious words which were coming forth from His lips, and they were saying, “(K)Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard took place (L)at Capernaum, do also here in (M)your hometown.’” 24 And He said, “Truly I say to you, (N)no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel (O)in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land, 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but (P)only to [f]Zarephath, in the land of (Q)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but (R)only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things, 29 and they stood up and (S)drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the edge of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. 30 But (T)passing through their midst, He went on His way.
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