Book of Common Prayer

[A Psalm] of David.

103 Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name!

² Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;

⁴ Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

⁵ Who satisfieth thine old age with good [things]; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶ Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

⁸ Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.

⁹ He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.

¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴ For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:

¹⁶ For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

¹⁷ But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,

¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.

¹⁹ Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰ Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹ Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.

²² Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul!

47 And he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house was eastward. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, south of the altar.

² And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards [the gate] that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side.

³ When the man went forth eastward, a line was in his hand; and he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the ankles.

⁴ And he measured a thousand [cubits], and caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through: the waters were to the loins.

⁵ And he measured a thousand: it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

⁶ And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? And he led me, and brought me back to the bank of the river.

⁷ When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

⁸ And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters [thereof] shall be healed.

⁹ And it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be [a place] to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

¹¹ But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

¹² And by the river, upon its bank, on the one side and on the other, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, nor their fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, for its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

1 Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

² as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

³ it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

⁴ that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.

67 God be gracious unto us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

² That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.

³ Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.

⁴ Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.

⁵ Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

⁶ The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us:

⁷ God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

96 Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.

² Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; publish his salvation from day to day.

³ Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all the peoples.

⁴ For Jehovah is great and exceedingly to be praised; he is terrible above all gods.

⁵ For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

⁶ Majesty and splendour are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Give unto Jehovah, ye families of peoples, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

⁸ Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; bring an oblation and come into his courts;

⁹ Worship Jehovah in holy splendour; tremble before him, all the earth.

¹⁰ Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

¹² Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy,

¹³ Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

1 I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

² until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

³ to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;

⁴ and, being assembled with [them], commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which [said he] ye have heard of me.

⁵ For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.

⁶ They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

⁷ And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

⁸ but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.