Book of Common Prayer
ק Qof
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord.
I will obey Your statutes.(A)
146 I call to You; save me,
and I will keep Your decrees.(B)
147 I rise before dawn and cry out for help;(C)
I put my hope in Your word.
148 I am awake through each watch of the night
to meditate on Your promise.(D)
149 In keeping with Your faithful love, hear my voice.
Lord, give me life in keeping with Your justice.(E)
150 Those who pursue evil plans[a](F) come near;
they are far from Your instruction.
151 You are near, Lord,(G)
and all Your commands are true.(H)
152 Long ago I learned from Your decrees
that You have established them forever.(I)
ר Resh
153 Consider my affliction and rescue me,(J)
for I have not forgotten Your instruction.(K)
154 Defend my cause and redeem me;(L)
give me life as You promised.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.(M)
156 Your compassions are many, Lord;(N)
give me life according to Your judgments.
157 My persecutors and foes are many.(O)
I have not turned from Your decrees.(P)
158 I have seen the disloyal(Q) and feel disgust(R)
because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts;
Lord, give me life according to Your faithful love.(S)
160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.(T)
שׂ Sin/ שׁ Shin
161 Princes have persecuted me without cause,
but my heart fears only Your word.(U)
162 I rejoice over Your promise(V)
like one who finds vast treasure.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood,(W)
but I love Your instruction.(X)
164 I praise You seven times a day
for Your righteous judgments.(Y)
165 Abundant peace belongs to those(Z)
who love Your instruction;
nothing makes them stumble.(AA)
166 Lord, I hope for Your salvation(AB)
and carry out Your commands.
167 I obey Your decrees
and love them greatly.(AC)
168 I obey Your precepts and decrees,
for all my ways are before You.(AD)
18 The Lord informed me, so I knew.
Then You helped me to see their deeds,
19 for I was like a docile[a] lamb led to slaughter.(A)
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;[b]
let’s cut him off from the land of the living(B)
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
20 But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests(C) heart[c] and mind,(D)
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.(E)
21 Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth(F) who want to take your life. They warn, “You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will certainly die at our hand.” 22 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.(G) 23 They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth(H) in the year of their punishment.”
Persecutions Predicted
16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.(A) 17 Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins[a] and flog you in their synagogues,(B) beware of them. 18 You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.(C) 19 But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak.(D) For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20 because you are not speaking, but the Spirit(E) of your Father is speaking through you.(F)
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.(G) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name.(H) But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.[b](I)
Psalm 112
The Traits of the Righteous
2 His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(B)
3 Wealth and riches are in his house,(C)
and his righteousness endures forever.(D)
4 Light shines in the darkness for the upright.(E)
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.(F)
5 Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.(G)
6 He will never be shaken.(H)
The righteous man will be remembered forever.(I)
7 He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord.(J)
8 His heart is assured; he will not fear.(K)
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.(L)
9 He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.(M)
His horn will be exalted in honor.(N)
Psalm 125
Israel’s Stability
A song of ascents.
1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.(A)
2 Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.(B)
3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.(C)
4 Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.(D)
5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.(E)
Peace be with Israel.(F)
12 Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated[a] but healed instead.(B)
Warning against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness(C)—without it no one will see the Lord.(D) 15 Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.(E) 16 And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent(F) person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.(G) 17 For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.(H)
18 For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm, 19 to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. (Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them, 20 for they could not bear what was commanded: And if even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned!(I)[b] 21 The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling.(J)[c]) 22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,(K) 23 to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written[d] in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,(L) 24 to Jesus (mediator(M) of a new covenant(N)), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.(O)
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