Book of Common Prayer
37 Do not fret because of wicked men, nor be envious of evildoers.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like grass and shall wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good. Dwell in the land, and you shall assuredly be fed.
4 And delight yourself in the LORD; and He shall give you your heart’s desire.
5 Commit your way to the LORD, and trust in Him; and He shall make it so.
6 And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon day.
7 Wait patiently upon the LORD, and hope in Him. Do not fret over him who prospers in his way, nor over the man who executes wicked schemes.
8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath. Do not fret. It leads only to evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; and those who wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the land.
10 Therefore, yet a little while and the wicked shall not appear; and you shall look for his place and he shall not be found.
11 But meek men shall possess the Earth and shall have their delight in the multitude of peace.
12 The wicked practices against the just and gnashes his teeth against him.
13 The LORD shall laugh him to scorn; for He sees that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn their sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as are of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart; and their bows shall be broken.
16 A small thing to the just man is better than great riches to the wicked and mighty.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the just men.
18 The LORD knows the days of upright men; and their inheritance shall be perpetual.
19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of famine they shall have enough.
20 But the wicked shall perish; and the enemies of the LORD shall be consumed as the fat of lambs. With the smoke, they shall vanish away.
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay again. But the righteous is merciful and gives.
22 For such as are blessed shall inherit the land. And those who are cursed by Him shall be cut off.
23 The paths of man are directed by the LORD; for He loves his way.
24 Though he falls, he shall not be cast off; for the LORD upholds his hand.
25 I have been young and am old. Yet I never saw the righteous forsaken, nor His seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful and lends, and His seed enjoys the blessing.
27 Flee from evil and do good, and dwell forever.
28 For the LORD loves judgment and does not forsake His saints. They shall be preserved forevermore. But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous men shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous will speak of wisdom; and his tongue will talk of judgment.
31 The Law of his God is in his heart; his steps shall not slide.
32 The wicked watched the righteous and sought to kill him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in His hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD and keep His way; and He shall exalt you, so that you shall inherit the land. When the wicked men shall perish, you shall see.
35 I have seen the wicked strong and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away; and lo, he was gone. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the upright man and behold the just; for the end of that man is peace.
38 But their transgressors shall be destroyed together. The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous men shall be from the LORD. He shall be their strength in the time of trouble.
40 For the LORD shall help them and deliver them. He shall deliver them from the wicked, and shall save them, because they trust in Him. A Psalm of David, for remembrance.
7 And in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah (king of Judah), Rezin, the king of Aram, came up—and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel—to Jerusalem, to fight against it. But he could not overcome it.
2 And it was told to the House of David, saying, “Aram has joined with Ephraim.” Therefore, his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved by the wind.
3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go forth now to meet Ahaz (you and Shear-Jashub, your son), at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the path of the fuller’s field,
4 “and say to him, ‘Take heed, and be still. Do not fear or be fainthearted because of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, because of the furious wrath of Rezin and of Aram and of Remaliah’s son.’
5 “Because Aram has taken wicked counsel against you, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son, saying,
6 ‘Let us go up against Judah. And let us wake them up and make a breach therein for ourselves and set a king in the midst thereof: the son of Tabel.’”
7 Thus says the LORD God: “It shall not stand, nor shall it be.
8 “For the head of Aram is Damascus. And the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years, Ephraim shall be destroyed from being a people.
9 “And the head of Ephraim is Samaria. And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you do not believe, surely you shall not be established.”
2 Now we urge you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (and by our assembling to Him),
2 to not waver suddenly in your mind or be troubled by spirit or word or letter which seems to come from us, as though the day of Christ were at hand.
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that Day shall not come unless an apostasy comes first and the man of sin is revealed - the Son of Perdition -
4 who is an adversary and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sits as God, in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things?
6 And now you know what is restrained, so that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity is already at work. He who is now restrained shall be so only until He is taken out of the way.
8 And then that wicked man shall be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of His mouth and abolish with the brightness of His coming;
9 that is, whose coming is by the working of Satan (with all power and signs and lying wonders)
10 and in all deceit of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth (so that they might be saved).
11 And therefore, God shall send them strong delusion, so that they would believe lies,
12 so that all who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness might be damned.
22 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near (which is called the Passover).
2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him. For they feared the people.
3 Then Satan entered into Judas (who was called Iscariot and was among the number of the twelve).
4 And he went his way and discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray Him to them.
5 So they were glad and agreed to give him money.
6 And he consented and sought opportunity to betray Him to them when the people were away.
7 Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came (when the Passover must be sacrificed).
8 And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”
9 And they said to Him, “Where would You have us prepare it?”
10 Then He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man bearing a pitcher of water shall meet you. Follow him into the house where he enters.
11 “And say to the good man of the house, ‘The Master says to you, “Where is the lodging where I shall eat My Passover with My disciples?”’
12 “Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make it ready there.”
13 So they went and found as He had said to them. And they made ready the Passover.
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