Book of Common Prayer
Delight Yourself in Yahweh
Of David.
Aleph
37 (A)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not (B)envious toward doers of unrighteousness.
2 For they will (C)wither quickly like the grass
And (D)fade like the green herb.
Beth
3 (E)Trust in Yahweh and do good;
(F)Dwell in the land and [a](G)cultivate faithfulness.
4 (H)Delight yourself in Yahweh;
And He will (I)give you the desires of your heart.
Gimel
5 (J)Commit your way to Yahweh,
Trust in Him, and He will do it.
6 He will bring forth (K)your righteousness as the light
And your judgment (L)as the noonday.
Daleth
7 Be still in Yahweh and (M)wait [b]patiently for Him;
(N)Do not fret because of him who (O)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.
He
8 Cease from anger and (P)forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9 For (Q)evildoers will be cut off,
But those who hope for Yahweh, they will (R)inherit the land.
Vav
10 Yet (S)a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
You will look carefully at (T)his place, and he will not be there.
11 But (U)the lowly will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in (V)abundant peace.
Zayin
12 The wicked (W)schemes against the righteous
And (X)gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord (Y)laughs at him,
For He sees that (Z)his day is coming.
Heth
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and (AA)bent their bow
To cast down the (AB)afflicted and the needy,
To (AC)slay those who are upright in conduct.
15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their (AD)bows will be broken.
Teth
16 (AE)Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For the (AF)arms of the wicked will be broken,
But Yahweh (AG)sustains the righteous.
Yodh
18 Yahweh (AH)knows the days of the [c]blameless,
And their (AI)inheritance will be forever.
19 They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And (AJ)in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
Kaph
20 But the (AK)wicked will perish;
And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the [d]glory of the pastures,
They vanish—(AL)in smoke they vanish away.
Lamedh
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous (AM)is gracious and gives.
22 For (AN)those blessed by Him will (AO)inherit the land,
But those (AP)cursed by Him will be cut off.
Mem
23 (AQ)The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,
And He (AR)delights in his way.
24 When (AS)he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because (AT)Yahweh is the One [e]who sustains his hand.
Nun
25 I was young and now I am old,
Yet (AU)I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or (AV)his seed begging bread.
26 All day long (AW)he is gracious and lends,
And (AX)his seed is a blessing.
Samekh
Ayin
28 For Yahweh (BA)loves [f]justice
And (BB)will not forsake His holy ones;
They are (BC)kept forever,
But the (BD)seed of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will (BE)inherit the land
And (BF)dwell in it forever.
Pe
30 The mouth of the righteous (BG)utters wisdom,
And his tongue (BH)speaks justice.
31 The (BI)law of his God is in his heart;
His (BJ)steps do not slip.
Tsadhe
32 The (BK)wicked spies upon the righteous
And (BL)seeks to put him to death.
33 Yahweh will (BM)not forsake him in his hand;
(BN)He will not condemn him when he is judged.
Qoph
34 (BO)Hope for Yahweh and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the (BP)wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Resh
35 I have (BQ)seen a wicked, ruthless man
Spreading himself like a (BR)luxuriant [g]tree in its native soil.
36 Then [h]he passed away, and behold, he (BS)was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
Shin
37 Observe the [i](BT)blameless man, and behold the (BU)upright;
For the man of peace will have [j]a (BV)posterity.
38 But transgressors will be altogether (BW)destroyed;
The [k]posterity of the wicked will be (BX)cut off.
Tav
5 I am Yahweh, and (A)there is no other;
(B)Besides Me there is no God.
I will [a](C)gird you, though you have not known Me,
6 That (D)they may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is (E)no one besides Me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other,
7 The One (F)forming light and (G)creating darkness,
Producing peace and (H)creating calamity;
I am Yahweh who does all these.
Yahweh the Maker
8 “(I)Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the (J)earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
(K)And righteousness [b]spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
9 “Woe to the one who (L)contends with his [c]Maker—
An earthenware vessel [d]among the vessels of earth!
Will the (M)clay say to the [e]potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor pains?’”
11 Thus says (N)Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his [f](O)Maker:
“[g](P)Ask Me about the things that are to come [h]concerning My (Q)sons,
And you shall [i]commit to Me (R)the work of My hands.
12 It is I who (S)made the earth and created man upon it.
I (T)stretched out the heavens with My hands,
And I commanded (U)all their host.
13 I have awakened him in (V)righteousness,
And I will (W)make all his ways smooth;
He will (X)build My city and will (Y)let My exiles go,
Without any payment or reward,” says Yahweh of hosts.
14 Thus says Yahweh,
“The fruit of the labor of (Z)Egypt and the profit of [j](AA)Ethiopia
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will (AB)come over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you; they will come over in (AC)chains
And will (AD)bow down to you;
They will make supplication to you:
‘[k]Surely, (AE)God is [l]with you, and (AF)there is none else,
No other God.’”
15 Truly, You are a God who (AG)hides Himself,
O God of Israel, (AH)Savior!
16 They will be (AI)put to shame and even dishonored, all of them;
The (AJ)craftsmen of idols will go away together in dishonor.
17 Israel has been saved by Yahweh
With an (AK)everlasting salvation;
You (AL)will not be put to shame or dishonored
To all eternity.
15 Therefore look carefully how you (A)walk, not (B)as unwise but as wise, 16 (C)redeeming the time, because (D)the days are evil. 17 On account of this, do not be foolish, but (E)understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And (F)do not get drunk with wine, [a]for that is (G)dissipation, but be (H)filled with the Spirit, 19 (I)speaking to [b]one another in (J)psalms and (K)hymns and spiritual (L)songs, (M)singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 (N)always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to [c](O)God, even the Father; 21 [d](P)and being subject to one another in the [e](Q)fear of Christ.
Wives and Husbands
22 (R)Wives, (S)be subject to your own husbands, (T)as to the Lord. 23 For (U)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (V)head of the church, He Himself (W)being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
25 (X)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (Y)gave Himself up for her, 26 (Z)so that He might sanctify her, having (AA)cleansed her by the (AB)washing of water with (AC)the word, 27 that He might (AD)present to Himself the church [f]in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she would be (AE)holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to (AF)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are (AG)members of His (AH)body. 31 (AI)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to (AJ)love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she [g](AK)respects her husband.
21 And He was saying to them, “(A)Is a lamp brought to be put under a [a]basket or under a bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand? 22 (B)For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. 23 (C)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And He was saying to them, “Beware what you listen to. [b](D)By your standard of measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you. 25 (E)For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.”
The Parable of the Seed
26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 But when the grain [c]is ripe, he immediately [d](F)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 (G)And He was saying, “How shall we (H)compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is [e]smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes [f]largest of all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that (I)the birds of the [g]air can nest under its shade.”
33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it; 34 and He was not speaking to them (J)without a parable; but He was (K)explaining everything privately to His own disciples.
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