Book of Common Prayer
101 I will sing of mercy and judgment; unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off; him that hath a haughty look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.
109 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise.
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set Thou a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer be counted as sin.
8 Let his days be few, and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath, and let the strangers despoil his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him, neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation to follow let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and as a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do Thou for me, O God the Lord, for Thy name’s sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I have become a reproach also unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God! O save me according to Thy mercy,
27 that they may know that this is Thy hand—that Thou, Lord, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but Thou bless; when they arise let them be ashamed, but let Thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude.
121 I have done judgment and justice; leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail, seeking for Thy salvation and for the word of Thy righteousness.
124 Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy, and teach me Thy statutes.
125 I am Thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know Thy testimonies.
126 It is time for Thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void Thy law.
127 Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right, and I hate every false way.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entering of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Thy commandments.
132 Look Thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as Thou used to do unto those that love Thy name.
133 Order my steps in Thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Thy precepts.
135 Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes, because men keep not Thy law.
137 Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten Thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me, yet Thy commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of Thy testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.
1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.
6 “A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master. If then I be a father, where is Mine honor? And if I be a master, where is the fear of Me? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, who despise My name. And ye say, ‘Wherein have we despised Thy name?’
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar; and ye say, ‘Wherein have we polluted Thee?’ In that ye say: ‘The table of the Lord is contemptible.’
8 And if ye offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is that not evil? Offer it now unto thy governor! Will he be pleased with thee or accept thy person?” saith the Lord of hosts.
9 “And now, I pray you, beseech God that He will be gracious unto us. This has been by your hand: Will He regard your persons?” saith the Lord of hosts.
10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on Mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you,” saith the Lord of hosts, “neither will I accept an offering from your hand.
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, My name shall be great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the heathen,” saith the Lord of hosts.
12 “But ye have profaned it in that ye say, ‘The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even His meat, is contemptible.’
13 Ye said also, ‘Behold, what a weariness is it!’ And ye have sniffed it,” saith the Lord of hosts. “And ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick; thus ye brought an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” saith the Lord.
14 “But cursed be the deceiver who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing. For I am a great King,” saith the Lord of hosts, “and My name is dreadful among the heathen.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show his works out of good conduct and with the meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 Such wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of those who make peace.
4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? Do they not come even from your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain. Ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain, “The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy”?
6 But He giveth more grace; therefore He saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one Lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy. Who art thou that judgest another?
11 And it came to pass as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 And when He saw them, He said unto them, “Go, show yourselves unto the priests.” And it came to pass that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 There are none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”
19 And He said unto him, “Arise; go thy way. Thy faith hath made thee whole.”
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