Book of Common Prayer

^4 (F)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[a]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(G)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

^6 (H)Both we and ^(I)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they ^(J)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(K)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸ Yet he saved them ^(L)for his name's sake,
    ^(M)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He ^(N)rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(O)became dry,
    and he ^(P)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he ^(Q)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(R)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹ And ^(S)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then ^(T)they believed his words;
    they ^(U)sang his praise.

¹³ But they soon ^(V)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(W)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(X)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(Y)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(Z)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(AA)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(AB)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(AC)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (AD)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (AE)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(AF)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(AG)exchanged the glory of God^[b]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(AH)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(AI)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(AJ)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(AK)chosen one,
^(AL)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(AM)despised ^(AN)the pleasant land,
    having ^(AO)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(AP)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(AQ)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(AR)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(AS)yoked themselves to the ^(AT)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(AU)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(AV)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(AW)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(AX)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(AY)made his spirit bitter,^[c]
    and he ^(AZ)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(BA)destroy the peoples,
    ^(BB)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(BC)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(BD)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(BE)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(BF)the demons;
³⁸ they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(BG)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(BH)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(BI)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(BJ)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(BK)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(BL)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(BM)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(BN)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (BO)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(BP)purposes
    and were ^(BQ)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(BR)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(BS)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(BT)relented according to ^(BU)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(BV)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (BW)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(BX)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (BY)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(BZ)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(CA)Praise the Lord!

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
^(A)Consecrate for war;^[a]
    stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
    let them come up.
^10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords,
    and ^(C)your pruning hooks into spears;
    let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

^11 (D)Hasten and come,
    all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves there.
^(E)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
¹² Let the nations stir themselves up
    and come up to ^(F)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
^(G)for there I will sit to judge
    all the surrounding nations.

^13 (H)Put in the sickle,
    ^(I)for the harvest is ripe.
^(J)Go in, tread,
    ^(K)for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
    for their evil is great.

¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For ^(L)the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.
^15 (M)The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.

^16 (N)The Lord roars from Zion,
    and ^(O)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
    ^(P)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is ^(Q)a refuge to his people,
    a stronghold to the people of Israel.