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Book of Common Prayer

Daily Old and New Testament readings based on the Book of Common Prayer.
Duration: 861 days
Darby Translation (DARBY)
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Psalm 119:145-168

145 KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

146 I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

147 I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.

148 Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.

150 They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

151 Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

152 From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

153 RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

154 Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

156 Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.

157 Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

158 I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

159 See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

160 The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

161 SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

162 I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

163 I hate and abhor falsehood; 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 doth stumble them.

166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, 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.

Jeremiah 11:18-23

18 And Jehovah hath given me knowledge, and I know [it]; then thou shewedst me their doings.

19 And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

20 But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

21 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand,

22 —therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;

23 and there shall be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.

Matthew 10:16-22

16 Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

18 and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

19 But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

20 For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

21 But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;

22 and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, *he* shall be saved.

Psalm 112

112 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house; and his righteousness abideth for ever.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

For he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;

His heart is maintained, he is not afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his oppressors.

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10 The wicked [man] shall see [it] and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 125

A Song of degrees.

125 They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Jerusalem!—mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

Hebrews 12:12-24

12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

14 Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

15 watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;

16 lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

17 for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.

18 For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

19 and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:

20 (for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

21 and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling;)

22 but ye have come to mount Zion; and to [the] city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,

23 the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;

24 and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.