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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3m

The cords of the ungodly have encompassed me; / but I have not forgotten thy law.
Psalm 119.61 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 489)

Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 33m

But if the eruption spreads in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest. Leviticus 13.7 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 1h

That he may bring forth food out of the earth, / and wine that maketh glad the heart of man;
Psalm 104.15 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 463)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 1h

and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and a pleasant land was made desolate.”Zechariah 7.14 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 2h

Help me, O Lord my God; * save me for your mercy’s sake.
Psalm 109.25 (Book of Alternative Services, page 858)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 2h

The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.” Zechariah 6.6 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3h

The innocent are broken and humbled before them; * the helpless fall before their power.
Psalm 10.10 (Book of Alternative Services, page 714)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3h

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 2 Corinthians 9.10 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 4h

The hills stand about Jerusalem: / even so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
Psalm 125.2 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 499)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 4h

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Hebrews 7.26 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 5h

THE voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous: / the right hand of the LORD bringeth mighty things to pass.
Psalm 118.15 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 484)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 5h

“If anyone of your kin falls into difficulty and sells a piece of property, then the next of kin shall come and redeem what the relative has sold. Leviticus 25.25 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 6h

For they shall soon wither like the grass, * and like the green grass fade away.
Psalm 37.2 (Book of Alternative Services, page 749)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 6h

He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, Luke 24.19 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 7h

That the next generation might know it, / and the children which were yet unborn;
Psalm 78.6 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 427)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 7h

Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub; 1 Samuel 22.9 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 8h

Let the house of Aaron now confess / that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 118.3 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 483)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 8h

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”1 Samuel 4.22 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 9h

Let not them that trust in thee be ashamed for my cause, O Lord GOD of hosts: / let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
Psalm 69.6 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 413)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 9h

He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
Job 12.20 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 10h

He hath made himself known in her citadels / as a sure refuge.
Psalm 48.4 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 390)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 10h

My child, keep my words
and store up my commandments with you;
Proverbs 7.1 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 11h

The Lord is faithful in all his words * and merciful in all his deeds.
Psalm 145.14 (Book of Alternative Services, page 904)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 11h

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) 2 Samuel 21.2 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 12h

Lord our governor, * how exalted is your name in all the world!
Psalm 8.1 (Book of Alternative Services, page 711)

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