Book of Common Prayer
A Psalm for Solomon.
1 ¶ Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
2 ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the destitute and shall break in pieces the violent.
5 They shall fear thee along with the sun and before the moon throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as the dew that waters the earth.
7 In his days shall righteousness flourish and abundance of peace until there is no longer any moon.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 Those that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all Gentiles shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.
13 He shall have mercy on the poor and destitute and shall save the souls of the poor in spirit.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily he shall be given blessings.
16 There shall be planted a handful of grain in the earth upon the tops of the mountains; its fruit shall thunder like Lebanon; and out of the city they shall blossom like the grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever; before the sun his name shall be disseminated, and all Gentiles shall be blessed in him; they shall call him blessed.
18 ¶ Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, the only one who does wondrous things
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
JOD.
73 ¶ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments.
74 ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word.
75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave.
77 Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight.
78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed.
CAPH.
81 ¶ My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.
84 ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me?
85 ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law.
86 All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me.
87 They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts.
88 ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth.
LAMED.
89 ¶ For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens.
90 Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres.
91 They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves.
92 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live.
94 ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
16 ¶ And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and an evil and grievous sore fell upon the men who had the mark of the beast and upon those who worshipped its image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man, and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial into the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, who art and wast the Holy one because thou hast judged these things;
6 for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they deserve it.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 ¶ And the fourth angel poured out his vial against the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who has authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and its kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 and blasphemed the God of the heaven because of their pains and their sores and did not repent of their deeds.
10 ¶ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and was bowed together and could in no wise lift herself up.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight and glorified God.
14 And the prince of the synagogue answered with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, and said unto the people, There are six days in which it behooves men to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him and said, Thou hypocrite, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead it away to drink?
16 And regarding this daughter of Abraham, who, behold, Satan had bound eighteen years, does it not behoove us to release her from this bond on the Sabbath day?
17 And as he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed, but all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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