Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 117
Universal Call to Praise
1 Praise the Lord, all nations!
Glorify him, all peoples!(A)
2 For his faithful love to us is great;
the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.(B)
Hallelujah!
Psalm 118
Thanksgiving for Victory
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.(C)
2 Let Israel say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”(D)
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”(E)
4 Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”(F)
5 I called to the Lord in distress;(G)
the Lord answered me
and put me in a spacious place.[a](H)
6 The Lord is for me; I will not be afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?(I)
7 The Lord is my helper;
therefore, I will look in triumph on those who hate me.(J)
8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humanity.(K)
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in nobles.(L)
10 All the nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.(M)
11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.(N)
12 They surrounded me like bees;(O)
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.(P)
13 They[b] pushed me hard to make me fall,
but the Lord helped me.(Q)
14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.(R)
15 There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!(S)
16 The Lord’s right hand is raised.
The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!” (T)
17 I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what the Lord has done.(U)
18 The Lord disciplined me severely
but did not give me over to death.(V)
19 Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.(W)
20 This is the Lord’s gate;
the righteous will enter through it.(X)
21 I will give thanks to you
because you have answered me
and have become my salvation.(Y)
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.(Z)
23 This came from the Lord;
it is wondrous in our sight.(AA)
24 This is the day the Lord has made;
let’s rejoice and be glad in it.(AB)
25 Lord, save us!
Lord, please grant us success!(AC)
26 He who comes in the name
of the Lord is blessed.(AD)
From the house of the Lord we bless you.(AE)
27 The Lord is God and has given us light.
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.(AF)
28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks.
You are my God; I will exalt you.(AG)
29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.(AH)
Psalm 112
The Traits of the Righteous
1 Hallelujah![a]
Happy is the person who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in his commands.(A)
2 His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(B)
3 Wealth and riches are in his house,(C)
and his righteousness endures forever.(D)
4 Light shines in the darkness for the upright.(E)
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.(F)
5 Good will come to the one who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.(G)
6 He will never be shaken.(H)
The righteous one will be remembered forever.(I)
7 He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord.(J)
8 His heart is assured; he will not fear.(K)
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.(L)
9 He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.(M)
His horn will be exalted in honor.(N)
10 The wicked one will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.(O)
The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.(P)
Psalm 113
Praise to the Merciful God
1 Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.(Q)
2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and forever.(R)
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of the Lord be praised.(S)
4 The Lord is exalted above all the nations,(T)
his glory above the heavens.(U)
5 Who is like the Lord our God—
the one enthroned on high,(V)
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?(W)
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the trash heap(X)
8 in order to seat them with nobles—
with the nobles of his people.(Y)
9 He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.(Z)
Hallelujah!
Water from the Rock
17 The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the Lord’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.(A) 2 So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.”
“Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing(B) the Lord?”
3 But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” (C)
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!” (D)
5 The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go. 6 I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water(E) will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 He named the place Massah[a] and Meribah[b](F) because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
The Centrality of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God,(A)
the firstborn over all creation.(B)
16 For everything was created by him,(C)
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through him and for him.(D)
17 He is before all things,(E)
and by him all things(F) hold together.
18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,(G)
the firstborn from the dead,(H)
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
19 For God was pleased to have
all his fullness(I) dwell in him,(J)
20 and through him to reconcile
everything to himself,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace(K)
through his blood,(L) shed on the cross.[a](M)
21 Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions. 22 But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death,(N) to present you holy, faultless,(O) and blameless before him(P)— 23 if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith(Q) and are not shifted away from the hope(R) of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation(S) under heaven,(T) and I, Paul,(U) have become a servant of it.
The Promise of the Spirit
37 On the last and most important day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me[a](B) and drink.(C) 38 The one who believes in me,(D) as the Scripture(E) has said, will have streams of living water(F) flow(G) from deep within him.” 39 He said this about the Spirit.(H) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,(I) for the Spirit[b] had not yet been given[c] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
The People Are Divided over Jesus
40 When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.”(J) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture(K) say that the Messiah comes from David’s(L) offspring[d] and from the town of Bethlehem,(M) where David lived?” 43 So the crowd was divided(N) because of him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize him,(O) but no one laid hands on him.
Debate over Jesus’s Claims
45 Then the servants(P) came to the chief priests(Q) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46 The servants answered, “No man ever spoke like this!” [e](R)
47 Then the Pharisees responded to them, “Are you fooled(S) too? 48 Have any of the rulers(T) or Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus(U)—the one who came to him previously and who was one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?” (V)
52 “You aren’t from Galilee(W) too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”(X)
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