Book of Common Prayer
41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shallbe blessed upon the earth; and Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; Thou wilt turn him on his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, “Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.”
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me and say, “When shall he die and his name perish?”
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself, and when he goeth out, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
8 “An evil disease,” they say, “cleaveth fast unto him, and now that he lieth down, he shall rise up no more.”
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, that ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But Thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that Thou favorest me: because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
52 Why boastest thou in thine own mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endureth continually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous also shall see this and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 “Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his own wickedness.”
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise Thee for ever, because Thou hast done it, and I will wait on Thy name, for it is good before Thy saints.
44 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old:
2 how Thou didst drive out the heathen with Thy hand, and planted them; how Thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them, but by Thy right hand and Thine arm and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou hadst favor unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God; command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through Thee will we push down our enemies; through Thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me;
7 but Thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise Thy name for ever. Selah
9 But Thou hast cast us off and put us to shame, and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy, and they that hate us despoil us for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us up like sheep appointed for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest Thy people for nought, and dost not increase Thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 for the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this has come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps turned from Thy way,
19 though Thou hast sorely broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
21 shall not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! Why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off for ever.
24 Why hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercies’ sake.
32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram. Against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer and yet had condemned Job.
4 Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken, because they were older than he.
5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
6 And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: “I am young, and ye are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you mine opinion.
7 I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
8 But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
9 Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgment.
10 Therefore I say, ‘Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.’
19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.’
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my Maker would soon take me away.
33 “Therefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches and hearken to all my words.
19 “He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain,
20 so that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand to show unto man his uprightness,
24 then he is gracious unto him and saith, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.’
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; he shall return to the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray unto God, and He will be favorable unto him; and he shall see His face with joy, for He will render unto man His righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, ‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not,’
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
44 And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the Word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said, “It was necessary that the Word of God should first have been spoken to you. But seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest bring salvation unto the ends of the earth.’”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the Word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49 And the Word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region.
50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their borders.
51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, “He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear ye him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”
22 And it was at Jerusalem the Feast of the Dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about Him and said unto Him, “How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and ye believed not. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of My sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me.
28 And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who gave them to Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand.
30 I and My Father are one.”
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