Book of Common Prayer
75 We will praise You, O God! We will praise You, for Your Name is near! They will declare Your wondrous works.
2 “When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously.
3 “The Earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved; but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
4 “I said to the foolish, ‘Do not be so foolish,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.
5 “‘Do not lift up your horn on High, nor speak with a stiff neck.’”
6 For exaltation is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge. He makes low and He makes high.
8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is foaming. It is fully mixed, and He pours out of the same. Surely, all the wicked of the Earth shall drain and drink the dregs thereof.
9 But I will declare forever and sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 Also, all the horns of the wicked I will break. But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. To him who excels on Neginoth: a Psalm, or song, committed to Asaph
76 God is known in Judah. His Name is great in Israel.
2 For in Salem is His Tabernacle; and His dwelling is in Zion.
3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 You are brighter and more excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stout-hearted are spoiled. They have slept their sleep, and all the men of strength have not found their hands.
6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast dead asleep.
7 You. You are to be feared. And who shall stand in Your sight when You are angry!
8 You caused judgment to be heard from Heaven. The Earth feared, and was still,
9 when You, O God, rose to judgment to help all the meek of the Earth. Selah.
10 Surely, the rage of man shall turn to Your praise; the remnant of the rage You shall restrain.
11 Vow and perform to the LORD your God, all you who surround Him; let them bring presents to Him Who ought to be feared.
12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes; he is feared by the kings of the Earth. For the excellent musician, Jeduthun: A Psalm committed to Asaph
23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to rest in green pasture and leads me by the still waters.
3 He restores my soul and leads me in the paths of righteousness, for His Name’s sake.
4 Indeed, though I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the sight of my adversaries. You anoint my head with oil; and my cup runs over.
6 Doubtless, kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall remain in the House of the LORD forever. A Psalm of David.
27 The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked—even my enemies—and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army encamped against me, my heart shall not be afraid. Though war is raised against me, I will trust in this.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that I will require: That I may dwell in the House of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to visit His Temple.
5 For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His Tabernacle. In the secret place of His pavilion, He shall hide me and set me up upon a rock.
6 And now, He shall lift up my head above my enemies all around me. Therefore, I will offer sacrifices of joy in His Tabernacle. I will sing and praise the LORD.
7 Hear my voice, O LORD, when I cry. Have mercy, also, upon me and hear me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart answered You, “O LORD, I will seek Your face.”
9 Do not hide, therefore, Your face from me, nor cast Your servant away in displeasure. You have been my succor; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 Though my father and my mother should forsake me, yet the LORD will gather me up.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a right path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not give me to the lust of my adversaries. For there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak cruelly.
13 I should have fainted, except I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Hope in the LORD. Be strong, and He shall comfort Your heart; and trust in the LORD. A Psalm of David.
19 “The kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo. They received no monetary gain.
20 “They fought from the sky. The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 “The River Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have marched valiantly!
22 “Then, the horses’ hooves were broken with the oft-beating-together of their mighty men.
23 “‘Curse you, Meroz!’ said the Angel of the LORD, ‘Curse its inhabitants, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty!’
24 “Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, shall be blessed above women. She shall be blessed above women in tents.
25 “He asked for water; she gave him milk. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 “She put her hand to the nail and her right hand to the workman’s hammer. With the hammer, she struck Sisera. She struck off his head, after she had wounded and pierced his temples.
27 “He bowed down at her feet. He fell down and lay still. At her feet, he bowed down and fell. And when he had sunk down, he lay there, dead.
28 “The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots tarry?’
29 “Her wise ladies answered her. Yea, she answered herself with her own words,
30 ‘Have they not gotten and divided the spoil, every man having a maid or two? Sisera has a prey of diverse colored garments, a prey of sundry colors made of needle work, of diverse colors of needle work on both sides, for the chief of the spoil.’
31 “So let all your enemies perish, O LORD! But those who love Him shall be as the Sun when he rises in His might!” And the land had rest for forty years.
22 “You men of Israel! Hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a proven man of God among you, through great works and wonders and signs which God did through him in the midst of you (as you yourselves also know),
23 “whom, after you had taken, crucified and killed with wicked hands (being delivered by the determinate decree and foreknowledge of God),
24 “and Whom God has raised up, having released the sorrows of death because it was impossible for Him to be held by it,
25 “(for David says concerning Him, ‘I beheld the Lord always before me. For He is at my right hand, so that I should not be shaken.
26 ‘Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad, and moreover my flesh shall also rest in hope.
27 ‘Because You will not leave my soul in the grave. Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
28 ‘You have shown me the ways of life and shall make me full of joy with Your countenance.’
29 “Men, brothers, I may boldly say to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher remains with us to this day.
30 “Therefore, seeing he was a Prophet, and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that He would raise up Christ in the flesh from the fruit of his loins, to set Him upon his throne,
31 “he, knowing this beforehand, spoke of the resurrection of Christ - that His soul should not be left in the grave, nor should His flesh see corruption.
32 “God has raised up this Jesus. Of which we are all witnesses.
33 “Therefore, since He has been exalted by the right hand of God and has received the promise of the Holy Ghost from His Father, He has poured out that which you now see and hear.
34 “For David has not ascended into the heaven, but he says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,
35 “Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’
36 “Therefore, let all the House of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ - this Jesus Whom you have crucified!”
11 Now when they had gone, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and reported to the chief priests all the things that had been done.
12 And they gathered together with the elders, and took counsel, and gave considerable money to the soldiers,
13 saying, “Say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we slept.’
14 “And if this matter comes before the governor to be heard, we will persuade him, so that you need not worry.”
15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.
16 Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee, and to a mountain where Jesus had directed them.
17 And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him. But some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All power is given to Me, in Heaven and on Earth.
19 “Go, therefore, and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
20 “teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have Commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, until the end of the age. Amen.”
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