Book of Common Prayer
Yahweh’s Lovingkindness Endures Forever
118 (A)Give thanks to Yahweh, for (B)He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
2 Oh let (C)Israel say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”
3 Oh let the (D)house of Aaron say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”
4 Oh let those (E)who [a]fear Yahweh say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”
5 From my (F)distress I called upon Yah;
Yah answered me and (G)set me in a large place.
6 Yahweh is (H)for me; I will (I)not fear;
(J)What can man do to me?
7 Yahweh is for me (K)among those who help me;
Therefore I will (L)look in triumph on those who hate me.
8 It is (M)better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in man.
9 It is (N)better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in nobles.
10 All nations (O)surrounded me;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely (P)cut them off.
11 They (Q)surrounded me, indeed, they surrounded me;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.
12 They surrounded me (R)like bees;
They were extinguished as a (S)fire of thorns;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.
13 You (T)pushed me down violently to make me fall,
But Yahweh (U)helped me.
14 (V)Yah is my strength and song,
And He has become (W)my salvation.
15 The sound of (X)joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The (Y)right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
16 The (Z)right hand of Yahweh is exalted;
The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
17 I (AA)will not die; indeed I will live,
And (AB)recount the works of Yah.
18 Yah has (AC)disciplined me severely,
But He has (AD)not given me over to death.
19 (AE)Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to Yah.
20 This is the gate of Yahweh;
The (AF)righteous will enter through it.
21 I shall give thanks to You, for You have (AG)answered me,
And You have (AH)become my salvation.
22 The (AI)stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.
23 This is from Yahweh;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which Yahweh has made;
Let us (AJ)rejoice and be glad in it.
25 O Yahweh, (AK)save!
O Yahweh, (AL)succeed!
26 (AM)Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh;
We have (AN)blessed you from the house of Yahweh.
27 (AO)Yahweh is God, and He has given us (AP)light;
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords [b]to the (AQ)horns of the altar.
28 (AR)You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, (AS)I exalt You.
29 (AT)Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
Yahweh’s Greatness Is Unsearchable
A Praise of David.
Aleph
Beth
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will (D)praise Your name forever and ever.
Gimel
Daleth
4 One (G)generation shall laud Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty deeds.
He
5 On the (H)glorious [a]splendor of Your majesty
And (I)on the words of Your wondrous deeds, I will muse.
Vav
Zayin
7 They shall pour forth the memory of Your (L)abundant goodness
And will (M)shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
Heth
8 Yahweh is (N)gracious and compassionate;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
Teth
Yodh
Kaph
11 They shall speak of the (S)glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your might;
Lamedh
12 To (T)make known to the sons of men His mighty deeds
And the (U)glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
Mem
13 Your kingdom is [c]an (V)everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures from generation to every generation.
Samekh
Ayin
15 The eyes of all wait on You,
And You (Y)give them their food in due time.
Pe
16 You (Z)open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Tsadhe
17 Yahweh is (AA)righteous in all His ways
And holy in all His works.
Qoph
Resh
19 He will (AD)work out the desire of those who fear Him;
He will (AE)hear their cry for help and He will save them.
Shin
Tav
4 Yet I have been (A)Yahweh your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know (B)any god except Me,
And there is no savior (C)besides Me.
5 I Myself (D)knew you in the wilderness,
(E)In the land of drought.
6 As they had their pasture, then they became (F)satisfied,
Indeed, they were satisfied, and their (G)heart became raised up;
Therefore they (H)forgot Me.
7 So I will be (I)like a lion to them;
Like a (J)leopard I will [a]lie in wait by the wayside.
8 I will encounter them (K)like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [b]the chest enclosing their heart;
There I will also (L)devour them like a lioness,
As a beast of the field would rip them open.
9 It is your ruin, O Israel,
[c]That you are (M)against Me, against your (N)help.
10 Where now is your (O)king,
That he may save you in all your cities,
And your (P)judges of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 I (Q)gave you a king in My anger
And (R)took him away in My wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is (S)stored up.
13 The pains of (T)childbirth come upon him;
He is (U)not a wise son,
For [d]it is not the time that he should (V)delay at the opening of the womb.
14 Shall I (W)ransom them from the [e]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
(X)O Death, where are your thorns?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
(Y)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are (A)mature, a wisdom, however, not of (B)this age nor of the rulers of (C)this age, who are (D)being abolished. 7 But we speak God’s wisdom in a (E)mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God (F)predestined before the (G)ages to our glory, 8 (H)which none of the rulers of (I)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified (J)the Lord of glory. 9 But just as it is written,
“(K)Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
And which have not entered the heart of man,
All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 [a](L)But to us God revealed them (M)through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the (N)depths of God. 11 For who among men knows the depths of a man except the (O)spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the depths of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we (P)have received, not the spirit of (Q)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God, 13 of which depths we also speak, (R)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [b]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.
14 But [c]a (S)natural man (T)does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are (U)foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because (V)they are spiritually examined. 15 But he who is (W)spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one. 16 For (X)who has known the mind of the [d]Lord, that he will direct Him? But (Y)we have the mind of Christ.
John the Baptist Beheaded
14 (A)At that [a]time (B)Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, 2 and said to his servants, “(C)This is John the Baptist; [b]he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
3 For when (D)Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him (E)in prison because of (F)Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. 4 For John had been saying to him, “(G)It is not lawful for you to have her.” 5 And although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they were regarding [c]John as (H)a prophet.
6 But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of (I)Herodias danced [d]before them and pleased (J)Herod, 7 so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Now having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” 9 And although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, and because of [e]his dinner guests. 10 And he sent and had John beheaded in the prison. 11 And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came and took away the body and buried [f]it; and they went and reported to Jesus.
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