Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 105[a]
105 Give thanks to the Lord.
Call on his name.
Make known his accomplishments among the nations.
2 Sing to him.
Make music to him.
Tell about all his miraculous deeds.
3 Boast about his holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives.
Seek his presence continually.
5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,[b]
6 O children[c] of Abraham,[d] God’s[e] servant,
you descendants[f] of Jacob, God’s[g] chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth.[h]
8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made[i] to a thousand generations—
9 the promise[j] he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac.
10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise,[k]
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another.[l]
14 He let no one oppress them;
he disciplined kings for their sake,
15 saying,[m] “Don’t touch my chosen ones.[n]
Don’t harm my prophets.”
16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply.[o]
17 He sent a man ahead of them[p]—
Joseph was sold as a servant.
18 The shackles hurt his feet;[q]
his neck was placed in an iron collar,[r]
19 until the time when his prediction[s] came true.
The Lord’s word[t] proved him right.[u]
20 The king authorized his release;[v]
the ruler of nations set him free.
21 He put him in charge of his palace,[w]
and made him manager of all his property,
22 giving him authority to imprison his officials[x]
and to teach his advisers.[y]
23 Israel moved to[z] Egypt;
Jacob lived for a time[aa] in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord[ab] made his people very fruitful,
and made them[ac] more numerous than their[ad] enemies.
25 He caused the Egyptians[ae] to hate his people,
and to mistreat[af] his servants.
26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They executed his miraculous signs among them,[ag]
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
28 He made it dark;[ah]
Moses and Aaron did not disobey his orders.[ai]
29 He turned the Egyptians’ water into blood,
and killed their fish.
30 Their land was overrun by frogs,
which even got into the rooms of their kings.
31 He ordered flies to come;[aj]
gnats invaded their whole territory.
32 He sent hail along with the rain;[ak]
there was lightning in their land.[al]
33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
34 He ordered locusts to come,[am]
innumerable grasshoppers.
35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields.[an]
36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power.[ao]
37 He brought his people[ap] out enriched[aq] with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them.[ar]
39 He spread out a cloud for a cover,[as]
and provided a fire to light up the night.
40 They asked for food,[at] and he sent quail;
he satisfied them with food from the sky.[au]
41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
42 Yes,[av] he remembered the sacred promise[aw]
he made to Abraham his servant.
43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy.[ax]
44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,[ay]
45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey[az] his laws.
Praise the Lord.
The Prophet’s Declaration of Judgment
8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah!
Sound the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound the alarm in Beth Aven;[a]
tremble in fear,[b] O Benjamin!
9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment.[c]
What I am declaring[d] to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place![e]
The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed
10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.
I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood.[f]
11 Ephraim will be oppressed,[g] crushed[h] under judgment,[i]
because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.[j]
The Curse of the Incurable Wound
12 I will be like a moth to Ephraim,
like wood rot[k] to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw[l] his sickness
and Judah saw his wound,
then Ephraim turned[m] to Assyria,
and begged[n] its great king[o] for help.
But he will not be able to heal you.
He cannot cure your wound![p]
The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile
14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear them to pieces,
then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
15 Then I will return again to my lair
until they have suffered their punishment.[q]
Then they will seek me;[r]
in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness
6 Come on! Let’s return to the Lord.
He himself has torn us to pieces,
but he will heal us!
He has injured[s] us,
but he will bandage our wounds!
2 He will restore[t] us in a very short time;[u]
he will heal us in a little while,[v]
so that we may live in his presence.
3 So let us search for him![w]
Let us seek[x] to know the Lord!
He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn,
as certainly as the winter rain comes,
as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.
Transitory Faithfulness and Imminent Judgment
4 What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, O Judah?
For[y] your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist;[z]
it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew.[aa]
5 Therefore, I will certainly cut[ab] you into pieces at the hands of the prophets;[ac]
I will certainly kill you[ad] in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment,[ae]
for[af] my judgment[ag] will come forth like the light of the dawn.[ah]
6 For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;
I delight[ai] in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.[aj]
27 When the seven days were almost over,[a] the Jews from the province of Asia[b] who had seen him in the temple area[c] stirred up the whole crowd[d] and seized[e] him, 28 shouting, “Men of Israel,[f] help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law,[g] and this sanctuary![h] Furthermore[i] he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple[j] and made this holy place ritually unclean!”[k] 29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and[l] they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)[m] 30 The whole city was stirred up,[n] and the people rushed together.[o] They seized[p] Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts,[q] and immediately the doors were shut. 31 While they were trying[r] to kill him, a report[s] was sent up[t] to the commanding officer[u] of the cohort[v] that all Jerusalem was in confusion.[w] 32 He[x] immediately took[y] soldiers and centurions[z] and ran down to the crowd.[aa] When they saw[ab] the commanding officer[ac] and the soldiers, they stopped beating[ad] Paul. 33 Then the commanding officer[ae] came up and arrested[af] him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains;[ag] he[ah] then asked who he was and what[ai] he had done. 34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else,[aj] and when the commanding officer[ak] was unable[al] to find out the truth[am] because of the disturbance,[an] he ordered Paul[ao] to be brought into the barracks.[ap] 35 When he came to the steps, Paul[aq] had to be carried[ar] by the soldiers because of the violence[as] of the mob, 36 for a crowd of people[at] followed them,[au] screaming, “Away with him!”
Lord of the Sabbath
6 Jesus[a] was going through the grain fields on[b] a Sabbath,[c] and his disciples picked some heads of wheat,[d] rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.[e] 2 But some of the Pharisees[f] said, “Why are you[g] doing what is against the law[h] on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus[i] answered them,[j] “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry— 4 how he entered the house of God, took[k] and ate the sacred bread,[l] which is not lawful[m] for any to eat but the priests alone, and[n] gave it to his companions?”[o] 5 Then[p] he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord[q] of the Sabbath.”
Healing a Withered Hand
6 On[r] another Sabbath, Jesus[s] entered the synagogue[t] and was teaching. Now[u] a man was there whose right hand was withered.[v] 7 The experts in the law[w] and the Pharisees[x] watched[y] Jesus[z] closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath,[aa] so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 8 But[ab] he knew[ac] their thoughts,[ad] and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.”[ae] So[af] he rose and stood there. 9 Then[ag] Jesus said to them, “I ask you,[ah] is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” 10 After[ai] looking around[aj] at them all, he said to the man,[ak] “Stretch out your hand.” The man[al] did so, and his hand was restored.[am] 11 But they were filled with mindless rage[an] and began debating with one another what they would do[ao] to Jesus.
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