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Book of Common Prayer

Daily Old and New Testament readings based on the Book of Common Prayer.
Duration: 861 days
Darby Translation (DARBY)
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Psalm 146-147

146 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

10 Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluiah!

147 Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

12 Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

14 He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow—the waters flow.

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

Psalm 111-113

111 Hallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with [my] whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly.

Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.

His work is majesty and splendour, and his righteousness abideth for ever.

He hath made his wonders to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.

He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.

The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are faithful:

Maintained for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness.

He sent deliverance unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and terrible is his name.

10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do [his precepts]: his praise abideth for ever.

112 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house; and his righteousness abideth for ever.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

For he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;

His heart is maintained, he is not afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his oppressors.

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10 The wicked [man] shall see [it] and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

113 Hallelujah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah.

Blessed be the name of Jehovah, from this time forth and for evermore!

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.

Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;

Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth?

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

To set [him] among nobles, among the nobles of his people.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [as] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah!

Job 38:1-11

38 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who set the measures thereof—if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

10 When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 42:1-5

42 And Job answered Jehovah and said,

I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.

Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

Revelation 19:4-16

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage to God who sits upon the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelujah.

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, [and] ye that fear him, small and great.

And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for [the] Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power.

Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.

And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright [and] pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

And he says to me, Write, Blessed [are] they who are called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.

10 And I fell before his feet to do him homage. And he says to me, See [thou do it] not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and [the fellow-bondman] of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

11 And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, [called] Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness.

12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;

13 and [he is] clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which [are] in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen.

15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp [two-edged] sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

16 And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

John 1:29-34

29 On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

30 He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;

31 and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

32 And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, *he* said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.

34 And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.