April 5, 2026 – “Death and Resurrection”

¹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. ²Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ³Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. ⁶The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? ⁷The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. ⁸It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. ¹¹They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. ¹²They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. ¹³Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. ¹⁴The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. ¹⁷I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. ¹⁸The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: ²⁰This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. ²¹I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. ²²The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. ²³This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. ²⁶Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. ²⁷God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. ²⁹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. ²Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. ³Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. ⁴So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. ⁵And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. ⁶Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, ⁷And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. ⁸Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.