Book of Common Prayer
Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
A Psalm of David, (A)for the memorial offering.
38 O Lord, (B)rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 For your (C)arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand (D)has come down on me.
3 There is (E)no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my (F)bones
because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
6 I am (H)utterly bowed down and (I)prostrate;
all the day I (J)go about mourning.
7 For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is (K)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed;
I (L)groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my (M)sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and (N)the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My (O)friends and companions (P)stand aloof from my (Q)plague,
and my nearest kin (R)stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life (S)lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt (T)speak of ruin
and meditate (U)treachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like (V)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no (W)rebukes.
15 But for (X)you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, “Only (Y)let them not rejoice over me,
who (Z)boast against me when my (AA)foot slips!”
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25 (A)My soul clings to the dust;
(B)give me life (C)according to your word!
26 When (D)I told of my ways, you answered me;
(E)teach me your statutes!
27 (F)Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will (G)meditate on your wondrous works.
28 (H)My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
29 Put false ways far from me
and graciously (I)teach me your law!
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I (J)set your rules before me.
31 I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
(K)let me not be put to shame!
32 I will run in the way of your commandments
when you (L)enlarge my heart![a]
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33 (M)Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it (N)to the end.[b]
34 (O)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
35 (P)Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I (Q)delight in it.
36 (R)Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to (S)selfish gain!
37 (T)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and (U)give me life in your ways.
38 (V)Confirm to your servant your promise,
(W)that you may be feared.
39 Turn away the (X)reproach that I dread,
for your rules are good.
40 Behold, I (Y)long for your precepts;
(Z)in your righteousness give me life!
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41 Let your (AA)steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
your salvation (AB)according to your promise;
42 then (AC)shall I have an answer for him (AD)who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my (AE)hope is in your rules.
44 I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever,
45 and I shall walk (AF)in a wide place,
for I have (AG)sought your precepts.
46 I will also speak of your testimonies (AH)before kings
and shall not be put to shame,
47 for I (AI)find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
48 I will (AJ)lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will (AK)meditate on your statutes.
8 (A)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
(B)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
(C)he stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
(D)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
(E)they languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
(F)he has ruined (G)and broken her bars;
(H)her king and princes are among the nations;
the law is no more,
and (I)her prophets find
no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(J)sit on the ground (K)in silence;
(L)they have thrown dust on their heads
and (M)put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
11 (N)My eyes are spent with weeping;
(O)my stomach churns;
(P)my bile is poured out to the ground
(Q)because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
(R)because infants and babies (S)faint
in the streets of the city.
12 They cry to their mothers,
(T)“Where is bread and wine?”
(U)as they faint like a wounded man
in the streets of the city,
as their life is poured out
on their mothers' bosom.
13 What can I say for you, (V)to what compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
(W)What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
(X)For your ruin is vast as the sea;
who can heal you?
51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (A)We shall not all sleep, (B)but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (C)the trumpet will sound, and (D)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (E)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
(F)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (G)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (H)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (I)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (J)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (K)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (L)your labor is not in vain.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
12 At that time (A)Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and (B)they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, (C)“Look, your disciples are doing (D)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, (E)“Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate (F)the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read (G)in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, (H)something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known (I)what this means, (J)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For (K)the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
9 He went on from there and (L)entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, (M)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—(N)so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, (O)if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 (P)Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So (Q)it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And (R)the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
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