Morning Prayer Readings
Wednesday after Septuagesima

The First Lesson
The Second Lesson
The Collect
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The Psalter


Psalm 137:1-6


The One Hundred Thirty Seventh Psalm

Super flumina.


BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered thee, O Sion.
 
As for our harps, we hanged them up * upon the trees that are therein.
 
For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness: * Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
 
How shall we sing the LORD'S song * in a strange land?
 
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, * let my right hand forget her cunning.
 
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; * yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
 

 
vs 7 Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem; * how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground.
 
O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery; * yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
 
Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, * and throweth them against the stones.


Psalm 140


The One Hundred Fortieth Psalm

Eripe me, Domine.


DELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil man; * and preserve me from the wicked man;
 
Who imagine mischief in their hearts, * and stir up strife all the day long.
 
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; * adder's poison is under their lips.
 
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the ungodly; * preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings.
 
The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords; * yea, and set traps in my way.
 
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God, * hear the voice of my prayers, O LORD.
 
O LORD God, thou strength of my health; * thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
 
Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; * let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud.
 
Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them * that compass me about.
 
Let hot burning coals fall upon them; * let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again.
 
A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth: * evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him.
 
Sure I am that the LORD will avenge the poor, * and maintain the cause of the helpless.
 
The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name; * and the just shall continue in thy sight.



 

The First Lesson


Genesis 2:4-9, 16-25


These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.



 

The Second Lesson

St. Mark 6:30-44

And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.



 

The Collect

Septuagesima

O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.



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