Book of Common Prayer
To the Overcomer upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.
3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty.
6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth!
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.
6 He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.
7 ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps,
8 fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word,
9 mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 beasts and all animals; creeping things and flying fowl,
11 kings of the earth and all the peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,
12 both young men and maidens, the old with the children,
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above earth and heavens.
He
14 has exalted the horn of his people; let all his merciful ones praise him; even of the sons of Israel, the people near unto him. Halelu-JAH.
38 ¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Now gird up thy loins like a man; for I will enquire of thee, and answer thou me.
4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who ordered its dimensions, if thou knowest? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
6 Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;
7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
1 ¶ God, having spoken many times and in many ways in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 has in these last times spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the ages;
3 who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 ¶ being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels did he say at any time, Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6 And again, when he brought in the firstbegotten into the world, he said, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7 And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son he said, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a rod of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore, God, even thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11 they shall perish; but thou dost remain; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall never fail.
13 But to which of the angels did he say at any time, Sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth in service for the love of those who are the heirs of saving health?
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
Aleph
1 ¶ I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Beth
2 My soul shall glory in the LORD; the meek shall hear of this, and be glad.
Gimel
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Daleth
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears.
He
5 They looked unto him and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.
Vau
6 This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
Zain
7 The angel of the LORD encamps round about those that fear him and delivers them.
Cheth
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that shall trust in him.
Teth
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints; for those that fear him lack nothing.
Jod
10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but those that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Caph
11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Lamed
12 Who is the man that desires life and loves many days that he may see good?
Mem
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Nun
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Samech
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Ain
16 The anger of the LORD is against those that do evil to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Pe
17 The righteous cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered them out of all their troubles.
Tzaddi
18 The LORD is near unto those that are of a broken heart and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Koph
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD shall deliver him out of them all,
Resh
20 keeping all his bones; not one of them shall be broken.
Schin
21 Evil shall slay the wicked; and those that hate the righteous shall be declared guilty.
Tau
22 The LORD ransoms the soul of his slaves, and none of those that trust in him shall be declared guilty.
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the shofar; praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals; praise him upon the cymbals of joy.
6 Let every thing that has breath praise JAH. Halelu-JAH.
1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty,
2 who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain,
3 who dost establish his chambers between the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,
4 who makes his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire,
5 who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved by any age.
6 Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth.
10 ¶ Thou art he who sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the mountains.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Next to them the fowls of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the leaves.
13 He waters the mountains from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth
15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man, making his face to shine with oil and bread which sustains man’s heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17 that the birds may make their nests there: the stork makes her house among the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies.
19 ¶ He appointed the moon for times and seasons; the sun knows his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest move.
21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.
22 The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens.
23 Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.
28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 ¶ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Halelu- JAH (Praise ye the LORD).
21 And then if anyone should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or, Behold, he is there, do not believe him;
22 for false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed; behold, I have told you everything beforehand.
24 ¶ But in those days after that affliction, the sun shall darken, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth unto the uttermost part of the heaven.
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