Book of Common Prayer
136 Praise the LORD, because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!
2 Praise the God of gods; for His mercy endures forever!
3 Praise the Lord of lords; for His mercy endures forever!
4 Who only does great wonders; for His mercy endures forever.
5 Who, by His wisdom, made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever.
6 Who has stretched out the Earth upon the waters; for His mercy endures forever.
7 Who made great lights; for His mercy endures forever
8 (such as the Sun to rule the day, for His mercy endures forever,
9 the Moon and the stars to govern the night, for His mercy endures forever).
10 Who struck Egypt with their firstborn, for His mercy endures forever,
11 and brought out Israel from among them, for His mercy endures forever,
12 with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; for His mercy endures forever.
13 Who divides the sea into two parts, for His mercy endures forever,
14 and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for His mercy endures forever,
15 and overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for His mercy endures forever.
16 Who led His people through the wilderness; for His mercy endures forever:
17 Who struck great kings, for His mercy endures forever,
18 and slew mighty kings, for His mercy endures forever
19 (Sihon, king of the Amorites, for His mercy endures forever,
20 Og, the king of Bashan, for His mercy endures forever),
21 and gave their land for a heritage, for His mercy endures forever
22 (a heritage to Israel his servant; for his mercy endures forever).
23 Who remembered us in our low estate, for His mercy endures forever,
24 and has rescued us from our oppressors; for His mercy endures forever.
25 Who gives food to all flesh; for His mercy endures forever.
26 Praise the God of Heaven; for His mercy endures forever!
118 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!
2 Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever!”
3 Let the House of Aaron now say, “His mercy endures forever!”
4 Let those who fear the LORD now say, “His mercy endures forever!”
5 I called upon the LORD in trouble; the LORD heard me and set me in a large place.
6 The LORD is with me. Therefore, I will not fear what man can do to me.
7 The LORD is with me among those who help me. Therefore, I shall see my desire upon my enemies.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to have confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to have confidence in princes.
10 All nations have surrounded me; but in the Name of the LORD shall I destroy them.
11 They have surrounded me. Indeed, they have surrounded me; but in the Name of the LORD I shall destroy them.
12 They came around me like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thorns; for in the Name of the LORD I shall destroy them.
13 You have thrust violently at me, so that I might fall; but the LORD has helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and song; for He has been my deliverance.
15 The voice of joy and deliverance is in the tabernacles of the righteous. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted. The right hand of the LORD has done valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD has chastened me severely; but He has not delivered me to death.
19 Open the gates of righteousness to me, so that I may go into them and praise the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD. The righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will praise You; for You have heard me and have been my deliverance.
22 The Stone which the builders refused is the Head of the Corner.
23 This was the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes,
24 This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
25 O LORD, I beg You, save now! O LORD, I beg You, give prosperity now!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the LORD! We have blessed you out of the House of the LORD.
27 The LORD is mighty and has given us light. Bind the sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.
28 You are my God, and I will praise You! You are my God; therefore, I will exalt You!
29 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
13 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Sanctify to Me all the firstborn (each one among the children of Israel who first opens the womb), both of man and of beast. It is Mine.”
11 “And when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers (and shall give it to you),
12 “then you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. Also, of everything that first opens the womb and comes forth from your beast, the males shall be the LORD’s.
13 “But you shall redeem every first foal of a donkey with a lamb. And if you do not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. Likewise, the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
14 “And when your son shall ask you tomorrow, saying, ‘What is this?’ You shall then say to him, ‘With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
15 ‘For when Pharaoh was hard-hearted against our departing, the LORD then killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD all the males who first open the womb. But all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
16 “And it shall be as a sign upon your hand, and as frontlets between your eyes, that the LORD brought us out of Egypt by a mighty hand.”
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shall be raised up incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up into victory.”
55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?
56 The sting of death is sin. And the strength of sin is the Law.
57 But thanks be to God, Who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, abundant always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
24 Now, early in the morning on the first day of the week, they (and some women with them) came to the sepulcher and brought the spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
3 And they went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened that (as they were perplexed by this) behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining garments.
5 And being afraid, they bowed their faces down to the Earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek Him who lives among the dead?
6 “He is not here but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful man, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
8 And they remembered his words,
9 and returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the remnant.
10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them who told these things to the Apostles.
11 But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
12 Then Peter arose and ran to the sepulcher and looked in and saw the linen clothes laid by themselves. And he departed, wondering to himself what had happened.
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