Book of Common Prayer
I Will Praise Yahweh Throughout My Life
146 [a]Praise Yah!
(A)Praise Yahweh, O my soul!
2 I will praise Yahweh (B)throughout my life;
I will (C)sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 (D)Do not trust in nobles,
In merely a son of (E)man, in whom there is (F)no salvation.
4 His (G)spirit departs, he (H)returns to [b]the earth;
In that very day his (I)plans perish.
5 How (J)blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose (K)hope is in Yahweh his God,
6 Who (L)made heaven and earth,
The (M)sea and all that is in them;
Who (N)keeps truth forever;
7 Who (O)does justice for the oppressed;
Who (P)gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh (Q)sets the prisoners free.
8 Yahweh (R)opens the eyes of the blind;
Yahweh (S)raises up those who are bowed down;
Yahweh (T)loves the righteous;
9 Yahweh (U)keeps the sojourners;
He [c](V)helps up the orphan and the widow,
But He bends (W)the way of the wicked.
10 Yahweh will (X)reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, [d]from generation to generation.
[e]Praise Yah!
He Heals the Brokenhearted
147 [f]Praise Yah!
For (Y)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For [g]it is pleasant and praise is (Z)becoming.
2 Yahweh (AA)builds up Jerusalem;
He (AB)gathers the [h]outcasts of Israel.
3 He is the One who heals the (AC)brokenhearted
And who (AD)binds up their [i]wounds,
4 Who (AE)counts the number of the stars;
He [j](AF)gives names to all of them.
5 (AG)Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
His (AH)discernment is [k]infinite.
6 Yahweh [l](AI)helps up the afflicted;
He brings down the wicked to the ground.
7 (AJ)Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre.
8 He is the One who (AK)covers the heavens with clouds,
The One who (AL)provides rain for the earth,
The One who (AM)makes grass to sprout on the mountains,
9 Who (AN)gives to the animal its food,
And to the (AO)young ravens which call out.
10 He does not delight in the might of the (AP)horse;
He (AQ)does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 Yahweh (AR)is pleased with those who fear Him,
(AS)Those who wait for His lovingkindness.
12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He strengthened the (AT)bars of your gates;
He (AU)blessed your sons within you.
14 He is the One who (AV)sets [m]peace in your borders,
He (AW)satisfies you with (AX)the [n]finest of the wheat,
15 The One who sends forth His (AY)command to the earth;
His (AZ)word runs very swiftly,
16 The One who gives (BA)snow like wool;
He scatters the (BB)frost like ashes,
17 Who casts forth His (BC)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His (BD)cold?
18 He (BE)sends forth His word and melts them;
He (BF)causes His wind to blow and so the waters flow,
19 Who (BG)declares His words to Jacob,
His (BH)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He (BI)has not done so with any nation;
So as for His judgments, they have (BJ)not known them.
[o]Praise Yah!
Yahweh Is Gracious and Compassionate
Aleph
Beth
In the (B)council of the upright and in the congregation.
Gimel
2 (C)Great are the works of Yahweh;
Daleth
They are (D)sought by all who delight in them.
He
Vav
And (F)His righteousness stands forever.
Zayin
4 He has made His wondrous deeds [c]to be remembered;
Heth
Yahweh is (G)gracious and compassionate.
Teth
Yodh
He will (I)remember His covenant forever.
Kaph
6 He has declared to His people the power of His works,
Lamedh
In giving them an inheritance of the nations.
Mem
Nun
All His precepts (K)are faithful.
Samekh
8 They are (L)upheld forever and ever;
Ayin
Pe
9 He has sent (N)redemption to His people;
Tsadhe
He has commanded His covenant forever;
Qoph
Resh
Sin
Tav
His (R)praise stands forever.
The Righteous Will Be Remembered Forever
Aleph
Beth
Who greatly (T)delights in His commandments.
Gimel
Daleth
The generation of the (V)upright will be blessed.
He
3 (W)Wealth and riches are in his house,
Vav
And his righteousness stands forever.
Zayin
4 Light arises in the darkness (X)for the upright;
Heth
He is (Y)gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Teth
5 It is well with the man who (Z)is gracious and lends;
Yodh
Who sustains his [n]works with justice.
Kaph
6 For he will (AA)never be shaken;
Lamedh
Mem
7 He will not fear an (AC)evil report;
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
Until he (AH)looks in triumph on his adversaries.
Pe
Tsadhe
His righteousness stands forever;
Qoph
His (AJ)horn will be raised in glory.
Resh
Shin
Tav
The (AN)desire of the wicked will perish.
Who Is like Yahweh Our God?
113 [r]Praise Yah!
(AO)Praise, O (AP)slaves of Yahweh,
Praise the name of Yahweh.
2 (AQ)May the name of Yahweh be blessed
From now until forever.
3 (AR)From the rising of the sun to its setting
The (AS)name of Yahweh is to be praised.
4 Yahweh is (AT)high above all nations;
His (AU)glory is above the heavens.
5 (AV)Who is like Yahweh our God,
The One who (AW)sits on high,
6 The One who [s](AX)brings Himself low to see
The things in heaven and on the earth?
7 Who (AY)raises the poor from the dust
And lifts high the needy from the ash heap,
8 To make them (AZ)sit with [t]nobles,
With the [u]nobles of His people.
9 He (BA)makes the barren woman of the house sit
As a glad mother of children.
[v]Praise Yah!
12 (A)Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up to this (B)mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. 13 So when you have seen it, you too (C)will be gathered to your people, (D)as Aaron your brother [a]was, 14 for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, (E)you rebelled against My [b]command [c]to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
Moses Commissions Joshua
15 Then Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, 16 “(F)May Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, 17 who (G)will go out [d]and come in before them, and who will lead them out and [e]bring them in, so that the congregation of Yahweh will not be (H)like sheep which have no shepherd.” 18 So Yahweh said to Moses, “[f]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man (I)in whom is the Spirit, and (J)lay your hand on him; 19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and (K)commission him in their sight. 20 And you shall put some of your [g]splendor on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him. 21 Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him (L)by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his [h]command they shall go out, and at his [i]command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” 22 So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 Then he laid his hands on him and (M)commissioned him, just as Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.
Miracles in Ephesus
11 And God was doing (A)extraordinary [a]miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 (B)so that cloths or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and (C)the evil spirits went out. 13 But also some of the Jewish (D)exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I implore you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Now seven sons of one named Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” 16 And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, subdued all of them, and utterly prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in (E)Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. 18 Also, many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. 19 And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and were burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand [b](F)pieces of silver. 20 So [c](G)the word of the Lord (H)was growing mightily and prevailing.
Jesus Preaches in Galilee
14 (A)Now after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, [a](B)preaching the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “(C)The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God [b]is at hand; (D)repent and [c]believe in the gospel.”
16 (E)As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 19 And going on a little farther, He saw [d]James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away [e]to follow Him.
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