Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 5[a]
For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments;[b] a psalm of David.
5 Listen to what I say,[c] Lord!
Carefully consider my complaint![d]
2 Pay attention to my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for I am praying to you!
3 Lord, in the morning[e] you will hear[f] me;[g]
in the morning I will present my case to you[h] and then wait expectantly for an answer.[i]
4 Certainly[j] you are not a God who approves of evil;[k]
evil people[l] cannot dwell with you.[m]
5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence;[n]
you hate[o] all who behave wickedly.[p]
6 You destroy[q] liars;[r]
the Lord despises[s] violent and deceitful people.[t]
7 But as for me,[u] because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house;[v]
I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.[w]
8 Lord, lead me in your righteousness[x]
because of those who wait to ambush me,[y]
remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me.[z]
9 For[aa] they do not speak the truth;[ab]
their stomachs are like the place of destruction,[ac]
their throats like an open grave,[ad]
their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.[ae]
10 Condemn them,[af] O God!
May their own schemes be their downfall.[ag]
Drive them away[ah] because of their many acts of insurrection,[ai]
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But may all who take shelter[aj] in you be happy.[ak]
May they continually[al] shout for joy.[am]
Shelter them[an] so that those who are loyal to you[ao] may rejoice.[ap]
12 Certainly[aq] you reward[ar] the godly,[as] Lord.
Like a shield you protect[at] them[au] in your good favor.[av]
Psalm 6[aw]
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style;[ax] a psalm of David.
6 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger.
Do not discipline me in your raging fury.[ay]
2 Have mercy on me,[az] Lord, for I am frail.
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking.[ba]
3 I am absolutely terrified,[bb]
and you, Lord—how long will this continue?[bc]
4 Relent, Lord, rescue me![bd]
Deliver me because of your faithfulness.[be]
5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death.[bf]
In Sheol who gives you thanks?[bg]
6 I am exhausted as I groan.
All night long I drench my bed in tears;[bh]
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.[bi]
7 My eyes[bj] grow dim[bk] from suffering;
they grow weak[bl] because of all my enemies.[bm]
8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,[bn]
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.[bo]
9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted[bp] my prayer.
10 They will be humiliated[bq] and absolutely terrified.[br]
All my enemies will turn back and be suddenly humiliated.
Psalm 10[a]
10 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?[b]
2 The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed;[c]
the oppressed are trapped[d] by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.[e]
3 Yes,[f] the wicked man[g] boasts because he gets what he wants;[h]
the one who robs others[i] curses[j] and[k] rejects the Lord.[l]
4 The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,
“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”[m]
5 He is secure at all times.[n]
He has no regard for your commands;[o]
he disdains all his enemies.[p]
6 He says to himself,[q]
“I will never[r] be shaken,
because I experience no calamity.”[s]
7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words;[t]
his tongue injures and destroys.[u]
8 He waits in ambush near the villages;[v]
in hidden places he kills the innocent.
His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.[w]
9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket.[x]
He lies in ambush, waiting to catch[y] the oppressed;
he catches the oppressed[z] by pulling in his net.[aa]
10 His victims are crushed and beaten down;
they are trapped in his sturdy nets.[ab]
11 He says to himself,[ac]
“God overlooks it;
he does not pay attention;
he never notices.”[ad]
12 Rise up, Lord![ae]
O God, strike him down.[af]
Do not forget the oppressed.
13 Why does the wicked man reject God?[ag]
He says to himself,[ah] “You[ai] will not hold me accountable.”[aj]
14 You have taken notice,[ak]
for[al] you always see[am] one who inflicts pain and suffering.[an]
The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you;[ao]
you deliver[ap] the fatherless.[aq]
15 Break the arm[ar] of the wicked and evil man.
Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds,[as]
which he thought you would not discover.[at]
16 The Lord rules forever![au]
The nations are driven out of his land.[av]
17 Lord, you have heard[aw] the request[ax] of the oppressed;
you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.[ay]
18 You defend[az] the fatherless and oppressed,[ba]
so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.[bb]
Psalm 11[bc]
For the music director, by David.
11 In the Lord I have taken shelter.[bd]
How can you say to me,[be]
“Flee to a mountain like a bird.[bf]
2 For look, the wicked[bg] prepare[bh] their bows,[bi]
they put their arrows on the strings,
to shoot in the darkness[bj] at the morally upright.[bk]
3 When the foundations[bl] are destroyed,
what can the godly[bm] accomplish?”[bn]
4 The Lord is in his holy temple;[bo]
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.[bp]
His eyes[bq] watch;[br]
his eyes[bs] examine[bt] all people.[bu]
5 The Lord approves of[bv] the godly,[bw]
but he[bx] hates[by] the wicked and those who love to do violence.[bz]
6 May he rain down[ca] burning coals[cb] and brimstone[cc] on the wicked!
A whirlwind is what they deserve.[cd]
7 Certainly[ce] the Lord is just;[cf]
he rewards godly deeds.[cg]
The upright will experience his favor.[ch]
Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord
1 The Lord’s message came[a] to Jonah son of Amittai,[b] 2 “Go immediately[c] to Nineveh,[d] that[e] large capital[f] city,[g] and announce judgment against[h] its people[i] because their wickedness[j] has come to my attention.”[k] 3 Instead, Jonah immediately[l] headed off to Tarshish[m] to escape[n] from the commission of the Lord.[o] He traveled[p] to Joppa[q] and found a merchant ship heading[r] to Tarshish.[s] So he paid the fare[t] and went aboard[u] it to go with them[v] to Tarshish,[w] far away from the Lord.[x] 4 But[y] the Lord hurled[z] a powerful[aa] wind on the sea. Such a violent[ab] tempest arose on the sea that[ac] the ship threatened to break up![ad] 5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out[ae] to his own god[af] and they flung[ag] the ship’s cargo[ah] overboard[ai] to make the ship lighter.[aj] Jonah, meanwhile,[ak] had gone down into the hold[al] below deck,[am] had lain down, and was sound asleep.[an] 6 The ship’s captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep?[ao] Get up! Cry out[ap] to your god! Perhaps your god[aq] might take notice of us[ar] so that we might not die!” 7 The sailors said to one another,[as] “Come on, let’s cast lots[at] to find out[au] whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.”[av] So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.[aw] 8 They said to him, “Tell us, whose fault[ax] is it that this disaster has overtaken us?[ay] What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”[az] 9 He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship[ba] the Lord,[bb] the God of heaven,[bc] who made the sea and the dry land.” 10 Hearing this,[bd] the men became even more afraid[be] and said to him, “What have you done?” (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape[bf] from the Lord,[bg] because he had previously told them.[bh]) 11 Because the storm was growing worse and worse,[bi] they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down[bj] for us?” 12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you,[bk] because I know it’s my fault[bl] you are in this severe storm.” 13 Instead, they tried to row[bm] back to land,[bn] but they were not able to do so[bo] because the storm kept growing worse and worse.[bp] 14 So they cried out to the Lord, “Oh, please, Lord, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood.[bq] After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased.”[br] 15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. 16 The men feared the Lord[bs] greatly[bt] and earnestly vowed[bu] to offer lavish sacrifices[bv] to the Lord.[bw]
Jonah Prays
17 (2:1)[bx] The Lord sent[by] a huge[bz] fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
24 As Paul[a] was saying these things in his defense, Festus[b] exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind,[c] Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!” 25 But Paul replied,[d] “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus,[e] but am speaking[f] true and rational[g] words. 26 For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely[h] to him,[i] because I cannot believe[j] that any of these things has escaped his notice,[k] for this was not done in a corner.[l] 27 Do you believe the prophets,[m] King Agrippa?[n] I know that you believe.” 28 Agrippa[o] said to Paul, “In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?”[p] 29 Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time[q] not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”[r]
30 So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them, 31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,[s] “This man is not doing anything deserving[t] death or imprisonment.” 32 Agrippa[u] said to Festus,[v] “This man could have been released[w] if he had not appealed to Caesar.”[x]
Paul and Company Sail for Rome
27 When it was decided we[y] would sail to Italy,[z] they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion[aa] of the Augustan Cohort[ab] named Julius. 2 We went on board[ac] a ship from Adramyttium[ad] that was about to sail to various ports[ae] along the coast of the province of Asia[af] and put out to sea,[ag] accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian[ah] from Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in[ai] at Sidon,[aj] and Julius, treating Paul kindly,[ak] allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.[al] 4 From there we put out to sea[am] and sailed under the lee[an] of Cyprus because the winds were against us. 5 After we had sailed across the open sea[ao] off Cilicia and Pamphylia,[ap] we put in[aq] at Myra[ar] in Lycia.[as] 6 There the centurion[at] found[au] a ship from Alexandria[av] sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7 We sailed slowly[aw] for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus.[ax] Because the wind prevented us from going any farther,[ay] we sailed under the lee[az] of Crete off Salmone.[ba] 8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast[bb] of Crete[bc] and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.[bd]
Restoration and Healing
40 Now when Jesus returned,[a] the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 41 Then[b] a man named Jairus, who was a leader[c] of the synagogue,[d] came up. Falling[e] at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded[f] with him to come to his house, 42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying.[g]
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed[h] around him. 43 Now[i] a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage[j] for twelve years[k] but could not be healed by anyone. 44 She[l] came up behind Jesus[m] and touched the edge[n] of his cloak,[o] and at once the bleeding[p] stopped. 45 Then[q] Jesus asked,[r] “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter[s] said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing[t] against you!” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out[u] from me.” 47 When[v] the woman saw that she could not escape notice,[w] she came trembling and fell down before him. In[x] the presence of all the people, she explained why[y] she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. 48 Then[z] he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well.[aa] Go in peace.”
49 While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s[ab] house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.” 50 But when Jesus heard this, he told[ac] him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”[ad] 51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus[ae] did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John,[af] and James, and the child’s father and mother. 52 Now they were all[ag] wailing and mourning[ah] for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!” 53 And they began making fun[ai] of him, because they knew[aj] that she was dead.[ak] 54 But Jesus[al] gently took her by the hand and said,[am] “Child, get up.” 55 Her[an] spirit returned,[ao] and she got up immediately. Then[ap] he told them to give her something to eat. 56 Her[aq] parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one[ar] what had happened.
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