Book of Common Prayer
145 I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O Lord; I will keep Thy statutes.
146 I cried unto Thee: save me, and I shall keep Thy testimonies.
147 I awaited the dawning of the morning and cried; I hoped in Thy word.
148 Mine eyes awaited the night watches, that I might meditate on Thy word.
149 Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; O Lord, quicken me according to Thy judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief; they are far from Thy law.
151 Thou art near, O Lord, and all Thy commandments are truth.
152 Concerning Thy testimonies, I have known of old that Thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Consider mine affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Thy law.
154 Plead my cause and deliver me; quicken me according to Thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not Thy statutes.
156 Great are Thy tender mercies, O Lord; quicken me according to Thy judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies, yet do I not depart from Thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressors and was grieved, because they kept not Thy word.
159 Consider how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O Lord, according to Thy lovingkindness.
160 Thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of Thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
161 Princes have persecuted me without cause, but my heart standeth in awe of Thy word.
162 I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying, but Thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have they that love Thy law, and nothing shall cause them to fall.
166 Lord, I have hoped for Thy salvation and have done Thy commandments.
167 My soul hath kept Thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, for all my ways are before Thee.
169 Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord; give me understanding according to Thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before Thee; deliver me according to Thy word.
171 My lips shall utter praise when Thou hast taught me Thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of Thy word, for all Thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Thine hand help me, for I have chosen Thy precepts.
174 I have longed for Thy salvation, O Lord, and Thy law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee; and let Thy judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant, for I do not forget Thy commandments.
128 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in His ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house, thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
129 “Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth”—may Israel now say—
2 “many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
4 The Lord is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,
7 wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.
8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”
130 Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord;
2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning— I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.
8 And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up and came in thither, and took the graven image and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image; and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were appointed with weapons of war.
18 And these went into Micah’s house and fetched the carved image, the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, “What do ye?”
19 And they said unto him, “Hold thy peace. Lay thine hand upon thy mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?”
20 And the priest’s heart was glad; and he took the ephod and the teraphim and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and their baggage in front of them.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan; and they turned their faces and said unto Micah, “What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?”
24 And he said, “Ye have taken away my gods which I made and the priest, and ye have gone away. And what have I more? And what is this that ye say unto me, ‘What aileth thee?’”
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, “Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee and thou lose thy life with the lives of thy household.”
26 And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people who were at quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city and dwelt therein;
29 and they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel. However, the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 And they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that amaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John,
15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
16 (For as yet, He had fallen upon none of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 saying, “Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.”
20 But Peter said unto him, “Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money!
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God that perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”
24 Then Simon answered and said, “Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.”
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the Word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem and preached the Gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
6 After these things Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee which is the Sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on those who were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up onto a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 And when Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw a great company coming unto Him, He said unto Philip, “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
6 And this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said unto Him,
9 “There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves and two small fishes, but what are they among so many?”
10 And Jesus said, “Make the men sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they wanted.
12 When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above, unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus had done, said, “This is in truth that Prophet who is coming into the world!”
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force to make Him a king, He departed again onto a mountain alone.
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