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Readings for Lent and Easter

Short readings from throughout the Bible that focus on the meaning and events of Easter.
Duration: 47 days
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Psalm 69:4-12

Those who hate me(A) without reason(B)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(C)
    those who seek to destroy me.(D)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(E)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(F)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
For I endure scorn(G) for your sake,(H)
    and shame covers my face.(I)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(J)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(K)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(L)
10 When I weep and fast,(M)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(N)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(O) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(P)

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