Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
21 But You, O [a]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me (A)for Your name’s sake;
Because (B)Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For (C)I am afflicted and needy,
And [b]my heart is (D)wounded within me.
23 I am passing (E)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off (F)like the locust.
24 My (G)knees [c]are weak from (H)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a (I)reproach to them;
When they see me, they (J)wag their head.
26 (K)Help me, O Lord my God;
Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 [d]And let them (L)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 (M)Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your (N)servant shall be glad.
29 [e]Let (O)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And [f]let them (P)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
God Will Restore Israel to Her Land
33 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely with a mighty hand and with an (A)outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be (B)king over you. 34 I will (C)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with (D)wrath poured out; 35 and I will bring you into the (E)wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. 36 As I (F)entered into judgment with your fathers in the (G)wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares the Lord God. 37 “I will make you (H)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 and I will (I)purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will (J)not enter the [a]land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.
39 “As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord God, “(K)Go, serve everyone his idols; [b]but later you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will (L)profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “there the whole house of Israel, (M)all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will (N)accept them and there I will [c]seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. 41 [d]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I (O)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself (P)holy among you in the sight of the nations. 42 And (Q)you will know that I am the Lord, (R)when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the (S)land which I swore to give to your forefathers. 43 There you will (T)remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will (U)loathe yourselves in your own [e]sight for all the evil things that you have done. 44 Then (V)you will know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with you (W)for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.’”
6 (A)On another Sabbath He entered (B)the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there [a]whose right hand was withered. 7 The scribes and the Pharisees (C)were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. 8 But He (D)knew [b]what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and [c]come forward!” And he got up and [d]came forward. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?” 10 After (E)looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored. 11 But they themselves were filled with [e]rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.
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