Book of Common Prayer
Praise the Name of the Lord
148 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord (B)from the heavens;
praise him (C)in the heights!
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his (D)hosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you (E)highest heavens,
and you (F)waters above the heavens!
5 (G)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
For (H)he commanded and they were created.
6 And he (I)established them forever and ever;
he gave (J)a decree, and it shall not (K)pass away.[a]
7 Praise the Lord (L)from the earth,
you (M)great sea creatures and all deeps,
8 (N)fire and hail, (O)snow and mist,
(P)stormy wind (Q)fulfilling his word!
9 (R)Mountains and all hills,
(S)fruit trees and all (T)cedars!
10 (U)Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and (V)flying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and (W)all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!
13 (X)Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for (Y)his name alone is exalted;
(Z)his majesty is above earth and heaven.
14 He has (AA)raised up a horn for his people,
(AB)praise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are (AC)near to him.
(AD)Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a New Song
149 (AE)Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord (AF)a new song,
his praise in (AG)the assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel (AH)be glad in (AI)his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their (AJ)King!
3 Let them praise his name with (AK)dancing,
making melody to him with (AL)tambourine and (AM)lyre!
4 For the Lord (AN)takes pleasure in his people;
he (AO)adorns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them (AP)sing for joy on their (AQ)beds.
6 Let (AR)the high praises of God be in their throats
and (AS)two-edged swords in their hands,
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with (AT)chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 to execute on them the judgment (AU)written!
(AV)This is honor for all his godly ones.
(AW)Praise the Lord!
Let Everything Praise the Lord
150 (AX)Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his (AY)sanctuary;
praise him in (AZ)his mighty heavens![b]
2 Praise him for his (BA)mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent (BB)greatness!
3 Praise him with (BC)trumpet sound;
praise him with (BD)lute and (BE)harp!
4 Praise him with (BF)tambourine and (BG)dance;
praise him with (BH)strings and (BI)pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding (BJ)cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let (BK)everything that has breath praise the Lord!
(BL)Praise the Lord!
Tremble at the Presence of the Lord
114 When (A)Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from (B)a people of strange language,
2 Judah became his (C)sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3 (D)The sea looked and fled;
(E)Jordan turned back.
4 (F)The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
5 What (G)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 (H)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turns (I)the rock into (J)a pool of water,
(K)the flint into a spring of water.
To Your Name Give Glory
115 (L)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
(M)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
2 Why should the nations say,
(N)“Where is their God?”
3 (O)Our God is in the heavens;
(P)he does all that he pleases.
4 (Q)Their idols are silver and gold,
(R)the work of human hands.
5 They have mouths, (S)but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6 They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7 They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 (T)Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
9 O (U)Israel,[a] (V)trust in the Lord!
He is their (W)help and their shield.
10 O (X)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and (Y)their shield.
11 You (Z)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
he will bless (AA)the house of Israel;
he will bless (AB)the house of Aaron;
13 he will (AC)bless those who fear the Lord,
(AD)both the small and the great.
The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed
5 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (A)a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with (B)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (C)he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 (D)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
(E)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (F)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[a]
(G)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (H)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(I)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (A)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (B)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (C)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for (D)new heavens and a new earth (E)in which righteousness dwells.
Final Words
14 (F)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (G)without spot or (H)blemish, and (I)at peace. 15 And count (J)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as (K)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you (L)according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. (M)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, (N)as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, (O)knowing this beforehand, (P)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But (Q)grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (R)To him be the glory both now and to the day of (S)eternity. Amen.
28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29 ((A)When all the people heard this, and (B)the tax collectors too, they declared God just,[a] (C)having been baptized with (D)the baptism of John, 30 (E)but the Pharisees and (F)the lawyers (G)rejected (H)the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,
“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
33 For John the Baptist has come (I)eating no bread and (J)drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come (K)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, (L)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet (M)wisdom is justified by all her children.”
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