Book of Common Prayer
BOOK 4
From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God
A Prayer of [a]Moses, the man of God.
90 Lord, You have been our [b](A)dwelling place from generation to generation.
2 Before (B)the mountains were born
[c]Or You (C)brought forth the earth and the world,
Even (D)from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You (E)turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O sons of men.”
4 For (F)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like (G)yesterday when it passes by,
[d]Or as a (H)watch in the night.
5 You (I)have [e]swept them away like a flood, they [f](J)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like (K)grass which [g]sprouts anew.
6 In the morning it (L)blossoms and [h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it (M)withers away and (N)dries up.
7 For we have been (O)consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been [i]dismayed.
8 You have (P)set our iniquities before You,
Our (Q)secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For (R)all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a [j]sigh.
10 As for the days of our [k]life, [l]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to might, (S)eighty years,
Yet their pride is but (T)labor and wickedness;
For soon it is gone and we (U)fly away.
11 Who knows the (V)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the (W)fear [m]that is due You?
12 [n]So (X)teach us to number our days,
That we may [o](Y)present to You a heart of wisdom.
13 (Z)Return, O Yahweh; (AA)how long will it be?
And [p]be (AB)sorry for Your slaves.
14 O (AC)satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may (AD)sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 (AE)Make us glad [q]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the (AF)years we have seen [r]evil.
16 Let Your (AG)work appear to Your slaves
And Your (AH)majesty [s]to their sons.
17 Let the (AI)favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And (AJ)establish for us the work of our hands;
Establish the work of our hands.
15 You will leave your name for a [a](A)curse to My chosen ones,
And Lord Yahweh will put you to death.
But [b]My slaves will be called by (B)another name,
16 Because he who [c]is blessed in the earth
Will [d]be blessed by the (C)God of truth,
And he who swears in the earth
Will (D)swear by the God of truth;
Because the former distresses are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “For behold, I am creating a (E)new heavens and a new earth;
And the (F)former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.
18 But be (G)joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for joy.
19 I will also (H)rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of (I)weeping and the voice of crying.
20 No longer will there be [e]in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does (J)not fulfill his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred,
And the [f](K)one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.
21 They will (L)build houses and inhabit them;
They will also (M)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They will not build and (N)another inhabit;
They will not plant and another eat;
For (O)as the [g]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will (P)wear out the work of their hands.
23 They will (Q)not labor in vain,
Or bear children for terror;
For they are the (R)seed of those blessed by Yahweh,
And their offspring with them.
24 And it will be that before they call, I will (S)answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The (T)wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the (U)lion will eat straw like the ox; and (V)dust will be the serpent’s food. They will (W)do no evil nor act corruptly in all My (X)holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
The New Heaven and Earth
21 Then I saw (A)a new heaven and a new earth; for (B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw (C)the holy city, (D)new Jerusalem, (E)coming down out of heaven from God, (F)made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, (G)the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will [a](H)dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among [b]them, 4 and He will (I)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and (J)there will no longer be any death; (K)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. (L)The first things passed away.”
5 And (M)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am (N)making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for (O)these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “(P)They are done. I am the (Q)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (R)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the (S)water of life without cost.
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