Book of Common Prayer
Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
20 May the Lord (A)answer you in the day of trouble!
May (B)the name of the God of Jacob (C)protect you!
2 May he send you help from (D)the sanctuary
and give you support from (E)Zion!
3 May he (F)remember all your offerings
and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
4 May he (G)grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans!
5 May we shout for joy over (H)your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our (I)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with (J)the saving might of his right hand.
7 Some trust in (K)chariots and some in (L)horses,
(M)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand upright.
9 O Lord, save (N)the king!
May he answer us when we call.
The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
21 O Lord, in your (O)strength the king rejoices,
and in your (P)salvation how greatly he exults!
2 You have (Q)given him his heart's desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3 For you (R)meet him with rich blessings;
you set (S)a crown of (T)fine gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of you; you (U)gave it to him,
(V)length of days forever and ever.
5 His (W)glory is great through your salvation;
(X)splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
6 For you make him most blessed forever;[a]
you make him glad with the (Y)joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be (Z)moved.
8 Your hand will (AA)find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them as (AB)a blazing oven
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his (AC)wrath,
and (AD)fire will consume them.
10 You (AE)will destroy their (AF)descendants from the earth,
and their offspring from among the children of man.
11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (AG)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
12 For you will put them (AH)to flight;
you will (AI)aim at their faces with your bows.
13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power.
Sit at My Right Hand
A Psalm of David.
110 (A)The Lord says to my Lord:
(B)“Sit at my right hand,
(C)until I make your enemies your (D)footstool.”
2 The Lord sends forth (E)from Zion
(F)your mighty scepter.
(G)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 (H)Your people will (I)offer themselves freely
on the day of your (J)power,[a]
in (K)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]
4 (L)The Lord has (M)sworn
and will (N)not change his mind,
(O)“You are (P)a priest (Q)forever
after the order of (R)Melchizedek.”
I Love the Lord
116 I (A)love the Lord, because he has (B)heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he (C)inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 (D)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then (E)I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 (F)Gracious is the Lord, and (G)righteous;
our God is (H)merciful.
6 The Lord preserves (I)the simple;
when (J)I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your (K)rest;
for the Lord has (L)dealt bountifully with you.
8 For (M)you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
(N)in the land of the living.
10 (O)I believed, (P)even when[a] I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 (Q)I said in my alarm,
(R)“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I (S)render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up (T)the cup of salvation
and (U)call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will (V)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 (W)Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his (X)saints.
16 O Lord, I am your (Y)servant;
I am your servant, (Z)the son of your maidservant.
You have (AA)loosed my bonds.
17 I will (AB)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and (AC)call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will (AD)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in (AE)the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
(AF)Praise the Lord!
The Lord's Faithfulness Endures Forever
The Death of Moses
34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab (A)to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, 2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah (B)as far as the western sea, 3 (C)the Negeb, and (D)the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho (E)the city of palm trees, as far as (F)Zoar. 4 And the Lord said to him, (G)“This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ (H)I have let you see it with your eyes, but (I)you shall not go over there.” 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, 6 and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but (J)no one knows the place of his burial to this day. 7 (K)Moses was 120 years old when he died. (L)His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. 8 And the people of Israel (M)wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of (N)the spirit of wisdom, for (O)Moses had laid his hands on him. So (P)the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. 10 And there has not (Q)arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, (R)whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 none like him for all (S)the signs and the wonders that the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, 12 and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him (A)of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear (B)without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, (C)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But (D)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (E)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So (F)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for
19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
(I)“I will (J)make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
with a (K)foolish nation I will make you angry.”
20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,
(L)“I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But of Israel he says, (M)“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, (A)at the very gates. 34 (B)Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 (C)Heaven and earth will pass away, but (D)my words will not pass away.
No One Knows That Day and Hour
36 “But concerning that day and hour (E)no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, (F)nor the Son,[a] (G)but the Father only. 37 (H)For as were the days of Noah, (I)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 (J)For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, (K)marrying and giving in marriage, until (L)the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, (M)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 (N)Two women will be grinding (O)at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, (P)stay awake, for you do not know on what day (Q)your Lord is coming. 43 (R)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night (S)the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be (T)ready, for (U)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is (V)the faithful and (W)wise servant,[b] whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 (X)Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, (Y)he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master (Z)is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants[c] and eats and drinks with (AA)drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come (AB)on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place (AC)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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