Book of Common Prayer
Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the music director; with stringed instruments, [a]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
6 Lord, (A)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am (B)frail;
(C)Heal me, Lord, for (D)my bones are horrified.
3 And my (E)soul is greatly horrified;
But You, Lord—(F)how long?
4 Return, Lord, (G)rescue my [b]soul;
Save me because of Your mercy.
5 For (H)there is no [c]mention of You in death;
In [d]Sheol, who will praise You?
God, a Helper against the Treacherous.
For the music director; [a]upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
12 Help, Lord, for (A)the godly person has come to an end,
For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.
2 They (B)speak [b]lies to one another;
They speak with [c](C)flattering lips and a double heart.
3 May the Lord cut off all [d]flattering lips,
The tongue that (D)speaks great things;
4 Who (E)have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are [e]our own; who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the (F)devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (G)I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will (H)put him in the safety for which he longs.”
The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.
94 Lord, God of [a](A)vengeance,
God of [b]vengeance, [c](B)shine forth!
2 (C)Rise up, (D)Judge of the earth,
Pay back retribution (E)to the proud.
3 How long, Lord, shall the wicked—
How long shall the (F)wicked triumph?
4 They pour out words, they (G)speak arrogantly;
All who do injustice (H)boast.
5 They (I)crush Your people, Lord,
And (J)afflict Your inheritance.
6 They (K)kill the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7 (L)They have said, “[d]The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”
8 Pay attention, you (M)stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, (N)foolish ones?
9 He who (O)planted the ear, [e]does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, [f]does He not see?
10 He who [g](P)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who (Q)teaches mankind knowledge?
11 The Lord (R)knows human thoughts,
[h]That they are mere breath.
12 Blessed is the man whom (S)You discipline, [i]Lord,
And (T)whom You teach from Your Law,
13 So that You may grant him (U)relief from the (V)days of adversity,
Until (W)a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For (X)the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He (Y)abandon His inheritance.
15 For [j](Z)judgment [k]will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart [l]will follow it.
16 Who will (AA)stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me (AB)against those who do injustice?
17 If (AC)the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If I should say, “(AD)My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
19 When my anxious thoughts [m]multiply within me,
Your (AE)comfort delights my soul.
20 Can a [n](AF)throne of destruction be allied with You,
One (AG)which devises [o]mischief by decree?
21 They (AH)band themselves together against the [p]life of the righteous
And (AI)condemn [q]the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord has been my (AJ)refuge,
And my God the (AK)rock of my refuge.
23 He has (AL)brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will [r](AM)destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will [s]destroy them.
10 (A)Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
As a (B)man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not (C)lent, nor have people lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
11 The Lord said, “I will certainly (D)set you free for purposes of good;
I will certainly make the (E)enemy plead with you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.
12 “Can anyone smash iron,
(F)Iron from the north, or bronze?
13 I will give your (G)wealth and your treasures
As plunder (H)without cost,
For all your sins
And within all your borders.
14 Then I will make your enemies bring your possessions
Into a (I)land that you do not know;
For a (J)fire has been kindled in My anger,
And it will burn upon you.”
Jeremiah’s Prayer and God’s Answer
15 (K)You know, Lord;
Remember me, take notice of me,
And (L)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that (M)for Your sake I endure reproach.
16 Your words were found and I (N)ate them,
And Your (O)words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart;
For I have been (P)called by Your name,
Lord God of armies.
17 I (Q)did not sit in a circle of revelers and celebrate.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat (R)alone,
For You (S)filled me with indignation.
18 Why has my pain been endless
And my (T)wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me (U)like a deceptive stream
With water that is unreliable?
19 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
“(V)If you return, then I will restore you—
(W)You will stand before Me;
And (X)if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become [a]My spokesman.
They, for their part, may turn to you,
But as for you, you are not to turn to them.
20 Then I will (Y)make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
And though they fight against you,
They will not prevail over you;
For (Z)I am with you to save you
And rescue you,” declares the Lord.
21 “So I will (AA)rescue you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will (AB)redeem you from the [b]grasp of the violent.”
15 Therefore, all who are [a](A)mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a (B)different attitude, (C)God will reveal that to you as well; 16 however, let’s keep [b](D)living by that same standard to which we have attained.
17 Brothers and sisters, (E)join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the (F)pattern you have in us. 18 For (G)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I (H)weep, that they are the enemies of (I)the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their [c](J)appetite, and whose (K)glory is in their shame, who (L)have their minds on earthly things. 20 For (M)our [d]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly (N)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will (O)transform the body of our lowly condition into (P)conformity with [e]His (Q)glorious body, (R)by the exertion of the power that He has even to (S)subject all things to Himself.
Greeks Seek Jesus
20 Now there were some (A)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at (B)the feast; 21 these people then came to (C)Philip, who was from (D)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip *came and *told (E)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. 23 But Jesus *answered them by saying, “(F)The hour has come for the Son of Man to (G)be glorified. 24 Truly, truly I say to you, (H)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 (I)The one who loves his [a]life loses it, and the one who (J)hates his [b]life in this world will keep it [c]to eternal life. 26 If anyone [d]serves Me, he must follow Me; and (K)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone [e]serves Me, the Father will (L)honor him.
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