Book of Common Prayer
20 A prayer of the people unto God, that it would please him to hear their king and receive his sacrifice, which he offered before he went to battle against the Ammonites.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.
1 The [a]Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: the [b]Name of the God of Jacob defend thee:
2 Send thee help from the Sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
3 Let him remember all thine offerings, and [c]turn thy burnt offerings into ashes. Selah.
4 And grant thee according to thine heart, and fulfill all thy purpose:
5 That we may rejoice in thy [d]salvation, and set up the banner in the Name of our God, when the Lord shall perform all thy petitions.
6 Now [e]know I that the Lord will help his anointed, and will hear him from his [f]Sanctuary, by the mighty help of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God.
8 [g]They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save Lord: [h]Let the King hear us in the day that we call.
21 1 David in the person of the people praiseth God for the victory, attributing it to God, and not to the strength of man. Wherein the holy Ghost directeth the faithful to Christ, who is the perfection of this kingdom.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.
1 The King shall [i]rejoice in thy strength, O Lord: yea how greatly shall he rejoice in thy salvation?
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou [j]didst prevent him with liberal blessings, and didst set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 [k]He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: dignity and honor hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast set him as [l]blessings forever: thou hast made him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
7 Because the king trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercy of the most high, he shall not slide.
8 [m]Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies, and thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thine anger: the Lord shall destroy them in his [n]wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from the children of men.
11 For they [o]intended evil against thee, and imagined mischief, but they shall not prevail.
12 Therefore shalt thou put them [p]apart, and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against their faces.
13 [q]Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
110 1 David prophesieth of the power and everlasting kingdom given to Christ, 4 and of his Priesthood, which should put an end to the Priesthood of Levi.
A Psalm of David.
1 The [a]Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of [b]Zion: be thou ruler in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shall come willingly at the time of assembling [c]thine army in holy beauty: the youth of thy womb shall be as the morning dew.
4 The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest forever, after the order of [d]Melchizedek.
5 The Lord that is at thy right hand, shall wound kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall be judge among the heathen: he shall fill all with dead bodies, and smite the [e]head over great countries.
7 He shall [f]drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up his head.
116 1 David being in great danger of Saul in the desert of M[…], perceiving the great and inestimable love of God toward him, magnifieth such great mercies, 13 and protesteth that he will be thankful for the same.
1 I [a]love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my prayers.
2 For he hath inclined his ear unto me, when I did call upon him [b]in my days.
3 When the snares of death compassed me, and the griefs of the grave caught me: When I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliver my soul.
5 The Lord is [c]merciful and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.
6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he saved me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O [d]my soul: for the Lord hath been beneficial unto thee,
8 Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I shall [e]walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 [f]I believed, therefore did I speak: for I was sore troubled.
11 I said in my [g]fear, All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will [h]take the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, even now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the [i]death of his Saints.
16 Behold, Lord: for I am thy servant, I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast broken my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee a sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my [j]vows unto the Lord, even now in the presence of all his people,
19 In the courts of the Lord’s house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
117 1 He exhorteth the Gentiles to praise God, because he hath accomplished as well to them as to the Jews, the promise of life everlasting by Jesus Christ.
1 All (A)nations, praise ye the Lord: all ye people, praise him.
2 For his loving kindness is great toward us, and the [k]truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord.
34 1 Moses seeth all the Land of Canaan. 5 He dieth. 8. Israel weepeth. 9 Joshua succeedeth in Moses’ room. 10 The praise of Moses.
1 Then Moses went from the plain of Moab up into mount [a]Nebo unto the top of Pisgah that is over against Jericho: and the Lord showed him (A)all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost [b]sea:
3 And the South, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
4 And the Lord said unto him, (B)This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
6 And [c]he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Beth Peor, but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto [d]this day.
7 Moses was now an hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated:
8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plain of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 And [e]Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom: for Moses had put his hands upon him. And the children of Israel were obedient unto him, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 But there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like unto Moses (whom the Lord knew [f]face to face.)
11 In all the miracles and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh and before all his servants, and before all his land,
12 And in all that mighty [g]hand and all that great fear, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
14 But how shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? [a]and how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, (A)How beautiful are the feet of them which bring glad tidings of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 [b]But they have not [c]all obeyed the Gospel: for Isaiah saith, (B)Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 [d]Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the [e]word of God.
18 [f]But I demand, Have they not heard? (C)No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their words into the ends of the world.
19 [g]But I demand, Did not Israel know God? First Moses saith, (D)I will provoke you to envy by a [h]nation that is not my nation, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 (E)And Isaiah is [i]bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not, and have been made manifest to them that asked not after me.
21 And unto Israel he saith, All the day long have I stretched forth mine hand unto a disobedient, and gainsaying people.
32 [a]Now learn the parable of the fig tree: when her bough is yet [b]tender, and it putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.
33 So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, this [c]generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
35 (A)[d]Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
36 [e]But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heaven, but my father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so likewise shall the coming of the Son of man be.
38 (B)For as in the days before the flood, they did [f]eat and drink, marry, and give in marriage, unto the day that Noah entered into the Ark,
39 And knew nothing, till the flood came, and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 (C)[g]Then two shall be in the fields, the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused.
41 [h]Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused.
42 (D)[i]Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your master will come.
43 (E)Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew at what watch the thief would come, he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be dug through.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in the hour that ye think not, will the Son of man come.
45 (F)Who then is a faithful servant and wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his master when he cometh, shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My master doth defer his coming,
49 And begin to smite his fellows, and to eat, and to drink with the drunken,
50 That servant’s master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And will [j]cut him off, and give him his portion with hypocrites: (G)there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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