Book of Common Prayer

⁴ Remember us,^[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[b] when you deliver them,^(D)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(F)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[c] at the Red Sea.^[d](G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea,^[e] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.^(I)
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.^(J)
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.^(K)
12 Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.^(L)

¹³ But they soon forgot his works;
    they did not wait for his counsel.^(M)
14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
    and put God to the test in the desert;^(N)
15 he gave them what they asked
    but sent a wasting disease among them.^(O)

¹⁶ They were jealous of Moses in the camp
    and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.^(P)
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
    and covered the faction of Abiram.^(Q)
18 Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.^(R)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(S)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[f]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(T)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(U)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[g](V)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(W)

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
    having no faith in his promise.^(X)
25 They grumbled in their tents
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.^(Y)
26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness^(Z)
27 and would disperse^[h] their descendants among the nations,
    scattering them over the lands.^(AA)

²⁸ Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor
    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;^(AB)
29 they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
    and the plague was stopped.^(AC)
31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.^(AD)

³² They angered the Lord^[i] at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,^(AE)
33 for they made his spirit bitter,
    and he spoke words that were rash.^(AF)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,
    as the Lord had commanded them,^(AG)
35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.^(AH)
36 They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.^(AI)
37 They sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to the demons;^(AJ)
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was polluted with blood.^(AK)
39 Thus they became unclean by their acts
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.^(AL)

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he abhorred his heritage;^(AM)
41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.^(AN)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their purposes
    and were brought low through their iniquity.^(AO)
44 Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(AP)
45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(AQ)
46 He caused them to be pitied
    by all who held them captive.^(AR)

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God,
    and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.^(AS)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
    Praise the Lord!^(AT)

¹¹ My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,^(A)
12 for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
    as a father the son in whom he delights.^(B)