Book of Common Prayer
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 In my life I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I live.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.
4 His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.
5 ¶ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God;
6 who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keeps truth for ever:
7 He who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:
9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he raises up the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halelu-JAH.
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for praise is pleasant and beautiful.
2 The LORD, he who builds up Jerusalem; shall gather together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the broken hearted, and he binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord and of great power; his intelligence is infinite.
6 The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked down to the earth.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares the rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He who gives the beast his food and to the sons of the ravens which cry unto him.
10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; nor does he take pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that wait upon his mercy.
12 ¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy sons within thee.
14 He who makes peace to be thy borders shall fill thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends forth his word upon earth; his word runs very swiftly.
16 He who gives snow like wool scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
18 He shall send forth his word and melt them; his wind shall blow, and the waters shall flow.
19 He declares his words unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He has not dealt so with the other nations, which have not known his judgments. Halelu-JAH.
Aleph
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright.
Gimel
2 The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein.
He
3 Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever.
Zain
4 He has made his wonderful works to be remembered;
Cheth
The LORD is gracious and merciful.
Teth
5 He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Caph
6 ¶ He has shown his people the power of his works,
Lamed
by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles.
Mem
7 The works of his hands are truth and judgment;
Nun
all his commandments are sure.
Samech
8 They stand fast from age to age
Ain
and are made in truth and uprightness.
Pe
9 He sent redemption unto his people;
Tzaddi
he has commanded his covenant for ever:
Koph
Holy and reverend is his name.
Resh
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
Schin
A good understanding have all those that do his will;
Tau
His praise endures for ever.
Aleph
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD,
Beth
that delights greatly in his commandments.
Gimel
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth;
Daleth
the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
He
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house;
Vau
and his righteousness endures for ever.
Zain
4 A light has shined in the darkness upon the upright:
Cheth
Gracious and merciful and righteous.
Teth
5 A good man has mercy and lends;
Jod
He will govern his affairs with good judgment.
Caph
6 ¶ Surely he shall not be moved for ever;
Lamed
the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance.
Mem
7 He shall not be afraid of evil rumours;
Nun
his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Samech
8 His heart is established; he shall not be afraid,
Ain
until he sees his desire upon his enemies.
Pe
9 He has dispersed; he has given to the poor;
Tzaddi
his righteousness endures for ever;
Koph
his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Resh
10 The wicked shall see it and be furious;
Schin
he shall gnash with his teeth and waste away:
Tau
The desire of the wicked shall perish.
1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise, O ye slaves of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all Gentiles and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high,
6 who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth!
7 He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts the destitute out of the dunghill;
8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH.
6 ¶ Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will reprove Israel.
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and in what have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt and ransomed thee out of the house of slaves; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal: that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
6 ¶ With what shall I present myself before the LORD, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my rebellion, the fruit of my bowels for the sin of my soul?
8 He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the LORD requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.
9 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are ill clad and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place
12 and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
13 being blasphemed, we intreat; we are made as the filth of this world and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14 ¶ I do not write these things to shame you, but to warn you, as to my beloved sons.
15 For though ye may have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye shall not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Therefore, I beseech you that ye imitate me.
21 ¶ Then Jesus left there and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan having come out of the same borders cried unto him, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is sick, possessed by a demon.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cries out after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the little dogs.
27 And she said, Yes, Lord, yet the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou desire. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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