Readings for Lent and Easter

^4 (A) There are more people
    who hate me for no reason
than there are hairs
    on my head.
Many terrible enemies
    want to destroy me, God.
Am I supposed to give back
    something I didn't steal?
⁵ You know my foolish sins.
    Not one is hidden from you.

⁶ Lord God All-Powerful,
    ruler of Israel,
don't let me embarrass anyone
    who trusts and worships you.
⁷ It is for your sake alone
that I am insulted
    and blush with shame.
⁸ I am like a stranger
    to my relatives
and like a foreigner
    to my own family.

^9 (B) My love for your house
    burns in me like a fire,
and when others insult you,
    they insulted me as well.
¹⁰ I cried and went without food,^[a]
    but they still insulted me.
¹¹ They sneered at me
for wearing sackcloth^[b]
    to show my sorrow.
¹² Rulers and judges gossip
    about me,
and drunkards make up songs
    to mock me.