Book of Common Prayer
25 Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul;
2 O my God, I trust in Thee. Let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on Thee be ashamed; let them be ashamed that transgress without cause.
4 Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths.
5 Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.
6 Remember, O Lord, Thy tender mercies and Thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember Thou me, for Thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He teach sinners in the way.
9 The meek will He guide in judgment, and the meek will He teach His way.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto them that keep His covenant and His testimonies.
11 For Thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16 Turn Thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; they hate me with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in Thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on Thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles!
9 I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all Thy marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at Thy presence.
4 For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest on the throne judging right.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, Thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and Thou hast destroyed their cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But the Lord shall endure for ever; He hath prepared His throne for judgment.
8 And He shall judge the world with righteousness; He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion! Declare among the people His doings.
12 When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord! Consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may show forth all Thy praise at the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Thy salvation.
15 The heathen have sunk down into the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
16 The Lord is known by the judgment which He executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in Thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah
15 Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart;
3 he that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor spreadeth a reproach against his neighbor;
4 in whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoreth them that fear the Lord; he that taketh an oath to his own hurt, and changeth not;
5 he that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
6 “Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the First, and I am the Last, and besides Me there is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call and shall declare it, and set it in order for Me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming and shall come, let them show unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid. Have not I told thee from that time and have declared it? Ye are even My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Yea, there is no God. I know not any.”
21 “Remember these, O Jacob and Israel, for thou art My servant. I have formed thee; thou art My servant. O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten by Me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins; return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.”
23 Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it! Shout, ye lower parts of the earth! Break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.
4 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Therefore He saith, “When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
9 (Now the saying, “He ascended” — what does it mean but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same who also ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11 And He gave some to be apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13 until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
14 that we henceforth be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and their cunning and craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, even Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
7 But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him.
9 And He spoke to His disciples that a small boat should await Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him.
10 For He had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon Him to touch Him, as many as had plagues.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried, saying, “Thou art the Son of God!”
12 And He strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.
13 And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him.
14 And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,
15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils:
16 Simon (He surnamed Peter);
17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder);
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house;
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