Book of Common Prayer
Your Throne, O God, Is Forever
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[a] of (A)the Sons of Korah; a love song.
45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of (B)a ready scribe.
2 You are (C)the most handsome of the sons of men;
(D)grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 (E)Gird your (F)sword on your thigh, O (G)mighty one,
in (H)your splendor and majesty!
4 In your majesty (I)ride out victoriously
for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
let your right hand teach you (J)awesome deeds!
5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king's enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
6 (K)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The (L)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
7 (M)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (N)God, your God, has (O)anointed you
with the oil of (P)gladness (Q)beyond your companions;
8 your robes are all fragrant with (R)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (S)stringed instruments make you glad;
9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
(T)at your right hand stands the queen in (U)gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your (V)lord, (W)bow to him.
12 The people[b] of Tyre will (X)seek your favor with (Y)gifts,
(Z)the richest of the people.[c]
God Is King over All the Earth
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah.
47 (B)Clap your hands, all peoples!
(C)Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2 For the Lord, the Most High, (D)is to be feared,
(E)a great king over all the earth.
3 He (F)subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
4 He chose our (G)heritage for us,
(H)the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
5 God (I)has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is (J)the King of all the earth;
sing praises (K)with a psalm![a]
8 God (L)reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9 (M)The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For (N)the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!
Zion, the City of Our God
A Song. A Psalm of (O)the Sons of Korah.
48 (P)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
in (Q)the city of our God!
His (R)holy mountain, 2 (S)beautiful in elevation,
is (T)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
(U)the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels God
has made himself known as a fortress.
4 For behold, (V)the kings assembled;
they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 (W)Trembling took hold of them there,
anguish (X)as of a woman in labor.
7 By (Y)the east wind you (Z)shattered
the ships of (AA)Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in (AB)the city of our God,
which God will (AC)establish forever. Selah
9 We have thought on your (AD)steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10 As your (AE)name, O God,
so your praise reaches to (AF)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Let Mount (AG)Zion be glad!
Let (AH)the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments!
14 (A)The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then (B)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and (C)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, (D)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of (E)his Christ, and (F)he shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders (G)who sit on their thrones before God (H)fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
(I)who is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
and (J)begun to reign.
18 The nations raged,
but (K)your wrath came,
and (L)the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
and (M)those who fear your name,
both small and great,
and (N)for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
19 Then (O)God's temple in heaven was opened, and (P)the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,[a] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and (Q)heavy hail.
True Blessedness
27 As he said these things, (A)a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, (B)“Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, (C)“Blessed rather are those (D)who hear the word of God and (E)keep it!”
The Sign of Jonah
29 (F)When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, (G)“This generation is an evil generation. (H)It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as (I)Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 (J)The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and (K)condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, (L)something greater than Solomon is here. 32 (M)The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and (N)condemn it, for (O)they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, (P)something greater than Jonah is here.
The Light in You
33 (Q)“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is (R)the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is (S)bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 (T)Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, (U)as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”
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