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Book of Common Prayer

Daily Old and New Testament readings based on the Book of Common Prayer.
Duration: 861 days
Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)
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Psalm 97

97 The LORD reigns. Let the Earth rejoice! Let the multitude of the isles be glad.

Clouds and darkness surround Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.

A fire shall go before Him and burn up His enemies all around.

His lightnings gave light to the world. The Earth saw it and was afraid.

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole Earth.

The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the people see His Glory.

All those who serve graven images, who glory in idols, are confounded. Worship Him all you gods.

Zion heard of it and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of Your judgments, O LORD.

For You, LORD, are Most High above all the Earth. You are much exalted above all gods.

10 You who love the LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of His saints. He will deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks for His holy remembrance. A Psalm

Psalm 99-100

99 The LORD reigns! Let the people tremble. He sits between the Cherubims. Let the Earth be moved!

The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the people.

They shall praise Your great and fearful Name (It is Holy).

Also, the King’s power loves judgment. You establish equity. You have executed judgment and justice in Jacob.

Exalt the LORD our God and bow down before His footstool. He is Holy.

Moses and Aaron were among His Priests, and Samuel among such as call upon His Name. These called upon the LORD and He heard them.

He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar. They kept His testimonies, the Law which He gave them.

You heard them, O LORD our God. You were a favorable God to them, though You took vengeance for their evil deeds.

Exalt the LORD our God and bow down before His Holy Mountain; for the LORD our God is Holy. A Psalm of praise

100 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the Earth!

Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before Him with joyfulness!

Know that the LORD is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with rejoicing. Give Him thanks. Praise Him; and bless His Name.

For the LORD is good. His mercy is everlasting; and His truth is from generation to generation. A Psalm of David

Psalm 94-95

94 O LORD God, the Avenger! O God, the Avenger, show Yourself clearly!

Exalt Yourself, O Judge of the World, and render a reward to the proud.

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

They babble on and speak fiercely. All the workers of iniquity boast of themselves.

They strike down Your people, O LORD, and trouble Your heritage.

They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless.

Yet they say, “The LORD shall not see; nor will the God of Jacob regard it.”

Understand, you unwise among the people and you fools. When will you be wise?

He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? Or, He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?

10 Or, He Who chastises the nations, shall He not correct? He Who teaches man knowledge, shall He not know?

11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom You chastise, O LORD, and teach in Your Law,

13 so that You may give him rest from the days of evil while the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 Surely, the LORD will neither fail His people nor forsake His inheritance.

15 For judgment shall return to justice; and all the upright in heart shall follow after it.

16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

17 If the LORD had not helped me, my soul would have almost dwelt in silence.

18 When I say, “My foot slides.” Your mercy, O LORD, upholds me.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts, in my heart, Your comforts have rejoiced my soul.

20 Does the throne of iniquity, which forges wrong for a law, have fellowship with You?

21 They gather together against the soul of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the LORD is my refuge; and my God is the Rock of my hope.

23 And He will recompense their wickedness and destroy them in their own malice. The LORD our God shall destroy them.

95 Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us sing aloud to the Rock of our Salvation!

Let us come before His Face with praise. Let us sing loud to Him with Psalms.

For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods,

in Whose hand are the deep places of the Earth, and the heights of the mountains are His.

The sea belongs to Him, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His Hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,

“Do not harden your heart as in Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

“when your fathers tempted Me (tested Me) though they had seen My work.

10 “Forty years I have contended with this generation, and said they are a people that err in heart, for they have not known My ways.

11 “Therefore, I swore in My wrath, saying, ‘Surely, they shall not enter into My rest.’”

Judges 13:1-15

13 But the children of Israel continued to commit wickedness in the sight of the LORD. And the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Then there was a man in Zorah, of the family of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was barren and did not bear.

And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, “Behold, now you are barren, and do not bear. But you shall conceive and bear a son.

“And now, therefore, be careful that you drink no wine or strong drink or eat any unclean thing.

“For lo, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head. For the child shall be a Nazirite to God, from his birth. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.”

Then the wife came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and the appearance of him was like the appearance of the Angel of God exceedingly fearful. But I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.

“But he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And now you shall drink no wine or strong drink or eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God, from his birth to the day of his death.’”

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, my Lord, let the man of God, whom You sent, now come back to us and teach us what we shall do for the child after he is born.”

And God heard the voice of Manoah. And the Angel of God came to the wife again, as she sat in the field. But Manoah, her husband, was not with her.

10 And the wife hurried and ran and told her husband and said to him, “Behold, the man who came to me today has appeared to me!”

11 And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “Yes.”

12 Then Manoah said, “Now let your saying come to pass at this time. How shall the boy live and what shall be his work?”

13 And the Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “The woman must be careful to do all that I said to her.

14 “She may eat of nothing that comes from the vine. She shall not drink wine or strong drink or eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I have commanded her.”

15 Manoah then said to the Angel of the LORD, “Please, let us detain you until we have made a kid ready for you.”

Acts 5:27-42

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the Council. And the High Priest asked them,

28 saying, “Did we not directly command you not to teach in this Name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! And you intend to bring this Man’s blood upon us!”

29 Then Peter and the Apostles answered, and said, “We need to obey God rather than man.

30 “The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, Whom you killed and hanged on a tree.

31 “God has exalted Him, with His right hand, to be a Prince and a Savior; to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

32 “And we are his witnesses concerning these things which we say, and the Holy Ghost Whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

33 Now when they heard it, they were cut to the quick, and planned to kill them.

34 Then a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel (a doctor of the Law, honored by all the people) stood up in the Council, and commanded to put the Apostles outside for a little while.

35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel! Be careful what you intend to do regarding these men.

36 For before these times, Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody. Who was followed by a number of men (about four hundred) and who was killed. And all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.

37 “After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up, in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him. He also perished and all who obeyed him were scattered.

38 “And now I say to you keep away from these men and let them alone. For if this counsel (or this work) is of man, it will come to nothing.

39 “But if it be of God, you cannot destroy it. For you would be found fighting against God as well.”

40 And they agreed with him and called the Apostles. And after they had beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the Name of Jesus. And they let them go.

41 So they departed from the Council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for His Name.

42 And they did not cease to teach and preach Jesus Christ daily in the Temple, and from house to house.

John 3:22-36

22 After these things, Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea and stayed there with them and baptized.

23 And John also baptized in Aenon, near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.

24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

25 Then there arose a question between John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.

26 And they came to John, and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, he baptizes, and all come to him.”

27 John answered, and said, “A man can receive nothing, except it be given to him from Heaven.

28 You yourselves are my witnesses, that I said, ‘I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before Him.’

29 “The One who has the bride is the Bridegroom. But the friend of the Bridegroom who stands and hears Him, rejoices greatly because of the Bridegroom’s voice. Therefore, my joy is fulfilled.

30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 “The One who has come from on high is above all. The one who is from the Earth, is from the Earth, and speaks from the Earth. The One who has come from Heaven is above all.

32 “And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies. But no one receives His testimony.

33 “The one who has received His testimony, has sealed that God is true.

34 “For He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.

35 “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

36 “The one who believes in the Son has everlasting life. And the one who disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

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