Book of Common Prayer

116 I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications;

² For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during [all] my days.

³ The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

⁴ Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.

⁵ Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

⁶ Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

⁹ I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.

¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars.

¹² What shall I render unto Jehovah, [for] all his benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁴ I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.

¹⁶ Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸ I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,

¹⁹ In the courts of Jehovah's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

¹⁴ Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; rejoice and be glad with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem:

¹⁵ Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy; the King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more.

¹⁶ In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

¹⁷ Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.

¹⁸ I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden [unto them].

¹⁹ Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save her that halted, and gather her that was driven out; and I will make them a praise and a name in all the lands where they have been put to shame.

²⁰ At that time will I bring you, yea, at the time that I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise, among all the peoples of the earth, when I shall turn again your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.

⁴⁷ And Mary of Magdala and Mary the [mother] of Joses saw where he was put.

16 And the sabbath being [now] past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.

² And very early on the first [day] of the week they come to the sepulchre, the sun having risen.

³ And they said to one another, Who shall roll us away the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?

⁴ And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled [away], for it was very great.

⁵ And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed;

⁶ but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said to you.

A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.

30 I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.

² Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

³ Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.

⁴ Sing psalms unto Jehovah, ye saints of his, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For a moment [is passed] in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

⁶ As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

⁷ Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

⁸ I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.

¹¹ Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

¹² That [my] glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever.

149 Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; [sing] his praise in the congregation of the godly.

² Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.

⁴ For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

⁵ Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

⁷ To execute vengeance against the nations, [and] punishment among the peoples;

⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

⁹ To execute upon them the judgment written. This honour have all his saints. Hallelujah!

³ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement;

⁴ who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.

⁵ Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.

⁶ But whether we are in tribulation, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation, wrought in the endurance of the same sufferings which *we* also suffer,

⁷ (and our hope for you [is] sure;) or whether we are encouraged, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.