Book of Common Prayer
41 Blessed is he who judges wisely of the poor. The LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
2 The LORD will keep him and preserve him alive. He shall be blessed upon the Earth; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of sorrow. You have turned all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, “LORD have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies speak evil of me, saying, “When shall he die, and his name perish?”
6 And if he come to see me, he speaks lies; his heart heaps iniquity within him. When he comes forth, he tells it.
7 All those who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine my hurt against me, saying,
8 “A mischief lies upon him,” and, “He who lies shall rise no more.”
9 Indeed, my familiar friend whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up the heel against me.
10 Therefore, O LORD, have mercy upon me and raise me up. So shall I reward them.
11 By this I know that You favor me: because my enemy does not triumph against me.
12 And as for me, You uphold me in my integrity, and set me before Your face forever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, world without end! So be it. Even so be it! To him who excels: A Psalm to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah.
52 Why do you boast of your wickedness, O man of power? The lovingkindness of God endures daily.
2 Your tongue imagines mischief, like a sharp razor that cuts deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good, lies more than to speak the truth. Selah.
4 You love all words that may destroy. O deceitful tongue!
5 So shall God destroy you forever. He shall take you and pluck you out of your tabernacle, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 Also, the righteous shall see it, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “Behold the man who did not take God for His strength but trusted in the multitude of his riches and put his strength in his malice.”
8 But I shall be like a green olive tree in the House of God. I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9 I will always praise You because You have done this. And I will hope in Your Name because it is good before Your saints. To him who excels on Mahalath: A Psalm of David to give instruction
44 We have heard with our ears, O God. Our fathers have told us the works that You have done in their days, in the old time.
2 You have driven out the heathen with Your hand and planted them. You have destroyed the people and caused them to go.
3 For they did not inherit the land by their own sword (nor did their own arm save them) but by Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance; because You favored them.
4 You are my King, O God! Send help to Jacob!
5 Through You we have thrust back our adversaries. By Your Name we have trodden down those who rose up against us.
6 For I do not trust in my bow; nor can my sword save me.
7 But You have saved us from our adversaries and have put those who hate us to confusion.
8 We will praise God continually and will confess Your Name forever. Selah.
9 But now, You are far off and put us to confusion, and do not go forth with our armies.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary, and those who hate us get plunder for themselves.
11 You give us as sheep to be eaten and scatter us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people without gain, and do not increase their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a jest and laughing stock to those who surround us.
14 You make us a proverb among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 because of the voice of the slanderer and rebuker, because of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this has come upon us. Still, we do not forget You. Nor do we deal falsely concerning Your Covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps gone out of Your paths;
19 even though You have struck us down into the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and held up our hands to a strange god,
21 shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely, for Your sake we are killed continually and are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Up! Why do You sleep, O LORD? Awake! Be not far off forever.
24 Why do you hide Your face and forget our misery and our affliction?
25 For our soul is beaten down to the dust. Our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up for our succor; and redeem us for Your mercy’s sake. To him who excels on Shoshannim: a song of love to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah.
1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother,
2 To those who are at Colosse, saints and faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love toward all saints,
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven; of which you have heard before by the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel.
6 It has come to you even as it has to all the world and is fruitful, as it was also among you from the day that you heard and truly knew the grace of God;
7 as you also learned from Epaphras (our dear fellow servant), who is for you a faithful minister of Christ.
8 He has also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, we also (since the day we heard of it) do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be fulfilled with knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 so that you might walk worthily of the Lord and please Him in all things, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might through His glorious power, leading to all patience and endurance with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son
14 (in Whom we have redemption through His blood; that is, the forgiveness of sins).
6 And it happened that on a second solemn Sabbath, He went through the corn fields. And His disciples plucked the ears of corn and ate and rubbed them in their hands.
2 And certain Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?”
3 Then Jesus answered them, and said, “Have you not read what David did when he himself, and those who were with him, were hungry?
4 “How he went into the house of God and took and ate the showbread, and also gave to those who were with him (which was not lawful to eat, except only for the priests)?”
5 And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath day.”
6 It also happened that on another Sabbath, He entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was dried up.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched Him, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.
8 But He knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise, and stand up in the midst.” And he arose and stood up.
9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you a question: Which is lawful on the Sabbath days - to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy?”
10 And He looked around at them all and said to the man, “Stretch forth your hand.” And he did so. And his hand was restored again, as whole as the other.
11 Then they were filled with madness and discussed what they might do to Jesus.
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