Readings for Lent and Easter
4 Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(A)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(B)
5 God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.(C)
6 Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.(D)
7 For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.(E)
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons(F)
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me,(G)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.(H)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.(I)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12 Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.(J)
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