Readings for Lent and Easter

^4 (A)Those who hate me for no reason
    are more numerous than the hairs of my head.
My enemies tell lies against me;
    they are strong and want to kill me.
They made me give back things I did not steal.
⁵ My sins, O God, are not hidden from you;
    you know how foolish I have been.
⁶ Don't let me bring shame on those who trust in you,
    Sovereign Lord Almighty!
Don't let me bring disgrace to those who worship you,
    O God of Israel!
⁷ It is for your sake that I have been insulted
    and that I am covered with shame.
⁸ I am like a stranger to my relatives,
    like a foreigner to my family.

^9 (B)My devotion to your Temple burns in me like a fire;
    the insults which are hurled at you fall on me.
¹⁰ I humble myself^[a] by fasting,
    and people insult me;
¹¹ I dress myself in clothes of mourning,
    and they laugh at me.
¹² They talk about me in the streets,
    and drunkards make up songs about me.