Book of Common Prayer

5 Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.

² Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

³ Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

⁴ For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

⁵ In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

⁶ Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

⁷ Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

⁸ But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

⁹ Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

¹⁰ For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.

¹¹ Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

¹² But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee:

¹³ For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.

6 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.

² O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.

³ Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

⁴ And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?

⁵ Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.

⁶ For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?

⁷ I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

⁸ My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.

⁹ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

¹⁰ The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.

¹¹ Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.

10 Unto the end. A psalm for David.

² In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?

³ For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

⁴ For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

⁵ The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.

⁶ The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.

⁷ He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.

⁸ For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.

11 Unto the end; for the octave, a psalm for David.

² Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

³ They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

⁴ May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.

⁵ Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

⁶ By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I win set him in safety; I will deal confidently in his regard.

⁷ The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth refined seven times.

⁸ Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation for ever.

⁹ The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.

3 Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

² You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

³ Shall two walk together except they be agreed?

⁴ Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

⁵ Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?

⁶ Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

⁷ For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

⁸ The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

⁹ Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.

¹⁰ And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.

¹¹ Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

¹² For which cause I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them, and are confirmed in the present truth.

¹³ But I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.

¹⁴ Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me.

¹⁵ And I will endeavour, that you frequently have after my decease, whereby you may keep a memory of these things.

¹⁶ For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eyewitnesses of his greatness.

¹⁷ For he received from God the Father, honour and glory: this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

¹⁸ And this voice we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

¹⁹ And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

²⁰ Understanding this first, that no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

²¹ For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.

¹² And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:

¹³ And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁴ And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple; and he healed them.

¹⁵ And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.

¹⁶ And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

¹⁷ And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there.

¹⁸ And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.

¹⁹ And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

²⁰ And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How is it presently withered away?

²¹ And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

²² And in all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.