Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the rage of the works of iniquity
3 which have whet their tongue like a sword and shot bitter words for their arrows,
4 to shoot at the upright in secret. They shoot at him suddenly and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselves in a wicked purpose. They commune together to lay snares privately, saying, “Who shall see them?”
6 They have sought out iniquities and have accomplished that which they sought. Everyone’s inward thoughts and depth of heart are both deep.
7 But God will shoot an arrow at them suddenly. Their strokes shall be sudden.
8 They shall cause them to fall upon their own tongue. Whoever shall see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall see it and declare the work of God; and they shall understand what He has wrought.
10 But the righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and trust in Him; and all who are upright in heart shall rejoice. To him who excels: A psalm or song of David
19 But Job answered, and said,
2 “How long will you grieve my soul, and torment me with words?
3 “You have now reproached me ten times and are not ashamed. You are impudent toward me.
4 “And though I had indeed erred, my error remains with me.
5 “But, indeed, if you will advance yourselves against me and rebuke me for my disgrace,
6 “know, now, that God has overthrown me and has surrounded me with His net.
7 “Behold, I cry out from violence, but I have no answer. I cry, but there is no justice.
8 “He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass. And He has set darkness in my paths.
9 “He has stripped me of my honor, and taken the crown away from my head.
10 “He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone. And He has removed my hope like a tree.
11 “And He has kindled His wrath against me, and counts me as one of His enemies.
12 “His armies came together and made their way upon me and camped around my tabernacle.
13 “He has removed my brethren far from me, and also my acquaintances were strangers to me.
14 “My neighbors have forsaken me, and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 “Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, took me for a stranger. For I was a stranger in their sight.
16 “I called my servant, but he would not answer. I begged him with my mouth.
17 “My breath was strange to my wife, though I begged her for the sake of the children of my own body.
18 “The wicked also despised me. When I arose, they spoke against me.
19 “All my secret friends abhorred me. And those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 “My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 “Have pity upon me. Have pity upon me, O you my friends. For the Hand of God has touched me.
22 “Why do you persecute me, as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
11 Therefore, remember that you, being formerly Gentiles in the flesh (the ones called “uncircumcision” by those called “circumcision” in the flesh, made with hands),
12 that you were, at that time, without Christ; and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; and were strangers to the covenants of the promise; and had no hope; and were without God in the world.
13 But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off, are made near by the blood of Christ.
14 For He is our peace. He has made of both, one, and has broken the barrier of hostility;
15 having annulled (through His flesh) the Law of Commandments contained in Ordinances, in order to make (in Himself) one new man from the two. And so, make peace,
16 so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, and thereby slay hostility.
17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near.
18 For through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.
19 Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Cornerstone.
21 In Him, all the building, fitted together, grows into a holy Temple in the Lord.
22 In Him, you also are being built together, to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.
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