Book of Common Prayer
101 I will sing of mercy and judgment; unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off; him that hath a haughty look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.
109 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise.
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set Thou a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8 Let his days be few, and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath, and let the strangers despoil his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him, neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation to follow let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and as a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do Thou for me, O God the Lord, for Thy name’s sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I have become a reproach also unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God! O save me according to Thy mercy,
27 that they may know that this is Thy hand—that Thou, Lord, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but Thou bless; when they arise let them be ashamed, but let Thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude.
121 I have done judgment and justice; leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail, seeking for Thy salvation and for the word of Thy righteousness.
124 Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy, and teach me Thy statutes.
125 I am Thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know Thy testimonies.
126 It is time for Thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void Thy law.
127 Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right, and I hate every false way.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entering of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Thy commandments.
132 Look Thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as Thou used to do unto those that love Thy name.
133 Order my steps in Thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Thy precepts.
135 Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes, because men keep not Thy law.
137 Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten Thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me, yet Thy commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of Thy testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.
15 And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, “Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.”
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, “Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17 ‘So shall ye say unto Joseph, “Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren and their sin, for they did unto thee evil.”’ And now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are thy servants.”
19 And Joseph said unto them, “Fear not; for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as it is this day, to save many people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not; I will nourish you and your little ones.” And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, “I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
25 And Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.”
26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Therefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit thereby:
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But all of these that one and the selfsame Spirit worketh, apportioning to every man individually as He will.
11 And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.
12 And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”
13 And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.
15 And He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, “Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” They said unto Him, “Twelve.”
20 “And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” And they said, “Seven.”
21 And He said unto them, “How is it that ye do not understand?”
22 And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.
23 And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.”
25 After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
26 And He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”
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