Book of Common Prayer
1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good because his mercy endures for ever.
2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endures for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever.
4 Let those that fear the LORD say now, that his mercy is eternal.
5 From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place.
6 The LORD is for me; I will not fear what man can do unto me.
7 The LORD takes my part with those that help me; therefore I shall see my desire upon those that hate me.
8 It is better to wait upon the LORD than to wait upon man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
10 All the nations compassed me about; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they laid hold of me; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
12 They compassed me about like bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
13 Thou hast thrust at me with violence that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.
14 JAH is my strength and song and is become my saving health.
15 The voice of singing and saving health is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of JAH.
18 JAH has chastened me sore, but he has not given me over unto death.
19 ¶ Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH.
20 This gate is of the LORD; the righteous shall enter in.
21 I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me and art become my saving health.
22 The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.
23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper.
26 Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you.
27 God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.
David’s Psalm of praise.
Aleph
1 ¶ I will extol thee, my God, my king, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Beth
2 Each day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Gimel
3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
Daleth
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts.
He
5 I will speak of the beauty of the glory of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works.
Vau
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts, and I will declare thy greatness.
Zain
7 They shall proclaim the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Cheth
8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.
Teth
9 The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies shine over all his works.
Jod
10 ¶ Let all thy works praise thee, O LORD, and thy merciful ones bless thee.
Caph
11 They speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power,
Lamed
12 to make known to the sons of Adam his mighty acts and the glory of the magnificence of his kingdom.
Mem
13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.
Samech
14 The LORD upholds all that fall and raises up all those that are oppressed.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.
Pe
16 Thou dost open thine hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Tzaddi
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and merciful in all his works.
Koph
18 The LORD is near unto all those that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Resh
19 He will fulfil the desire of those that fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.
Schin
20 The LORD preserves all those that love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
Tau
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
20 ¶ Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
21 She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the entrance to the gates of the city she utters her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?
23 Return at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one responded;
25 for because ye have disregarded all my counsel and rejected my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes upon you;
27 when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.
32 For the rest of the ignorant shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely and shall rest from the fear of evil.
11 Therefore being certain of that terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 ¶ For we do not commend ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf that ye may have something to answer those who glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For whether we are fools, it is unto God; or whether we are sane, it is for your cause.
14 For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead:
15 And that he died for all that those who live should not live from now on unto themselves, but unto him who died and rose again for them.
16 ¶ Therefore from now on we know no one according to the flesh: and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no longer.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.
18 And all this by God, who reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 for certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them and having placed in us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did exhort you by us; we beseech you in Christ’s name, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou should do for us whatever we shall ask.
36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one at thy right hand and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.
38 Then Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask; can ye drink the cup that I drink? Or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and of the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized;
40 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.
41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be angry against James and John.
42 But Jesus, calling unto them, said unto them, Ye know that those who are seen to be princes among the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those that are great among them wield power over them.
43 But it shall not be like this among you, for whosoever desires to make himself great among you shall be your servant;
44 and whosoever of you that desires to be first shall be slave of all.
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to serve and to give his life in ransom for many.
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