Readings for Lent and Easter

⁴ Those who ^(A)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

⁵ O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
⁶ Let not those who ^[a]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be ^[b]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
⁷ Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
^8 (B)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
^9 (C)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
^(D)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
¹¹ I also ^[c]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
¹² Those who ^[d]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^(E)drunkards.