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!
The Preeminence of Christ
15 (A)He is the image of (B)the invisible God, (C)the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by[a] him all things were created, (D)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (E)thrones or (F)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created (G)through him and for him. 17 And (H)he is before all things, and in him all things (I)hold together. 18 And (J)he is the head of the body, the church. He is (K)the beginning, (L)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For (M)in him all the (N)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and (O)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (P)making peace (Q)by the blood of his cross.
21 (R)And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, (S)doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled (T)in his body of flesh by his death, (U)in order to present you holy and blameless and (V)above reproach before him, 23 (W)if indeed you continue in the faith, (X)stable and steadfast, not shifting from (Y)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed (Z)in all creation[b] under heaven, (AA)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
The Twelve Apostles
12 In these days (A)he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, (B)he called his disciples (C)and (D)chose from them twelve, whom he named (E)apostles: 14 Simon, (F)whom he named Peter, and (G)Andrew his brother, and (H)James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and (I)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called (J)the Zealot, 16 and (K)Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude
17 And (L)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with (M)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of (N)Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. (O)And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd (P)sought to touch him, for (Q)power came out from him and healed them all.
The Beatitudes
20 And (R)he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, (S)and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for (T)yours is the kingdom of God.
21 (U)“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
(V)“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 “Blessed are you when (W)people hate you and when they (X)exclude you and revile you and (Y)spurn your name as evil, (Z)on account of the Son of Man! 23 (AA)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for (AB)so their fathers did to the prophets.
Jesus Pronounces Woes
24 (AC)“But woe to you who are rich, (AD)for you (AE)have received your consolation.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for (AF)you shall be hungry.
“Woe to (AG)you who laugh now, (AH)for you shall mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you, (AI)when all people speak well of you, for (AJ)so their fathers did to (AK)the false prophets.
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