Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
77 My voice came to God when I cried. My voice came to God and He heard me.
2 On the day of my trouble, I sought the LORD. My hand did not cease in the night. My soul refused comfort.
3 I thought upon God and was troubled. I prayed, and my spirit was full of anguish. Selah.
4 You keep my eyes awake. I was astonished and could not speak.
5 I considered the days of old, the years of ancient time.
6 I called to remembrance my song in the night. I communed with my own heart; and my spirit searched diligently.
7 Will the LORD be absent forever? And will He show no more favor?
8 Has His mercy ceased forever? Does His promise fail forevermore?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has He shut up His tender mercies in displeasure? Selah.
10 And I said, “This is my death.” Yet, I remembered the years of the right hand of the Most High.
11 I remembered the works of the LORD. Certainly, I remembered Your wonders of old.
12 I will also meditate on all Your works and talk of Your acts.
13 Your way, O God, is in the Sanctuary. Who is so great a God as our God!
14 You are the God Who does wonders. You have declared Your power among the people.
15 You have redeemed Your people with Your arm, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw You, O God. The waters saw You and were afraid. Indeed, the depths trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water. The heavens gave a sound. Indeed, Your arrows went all over.
18 The voice of Your thunder was all round. The lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook.
19 Your way is in the sea, Your paths in the great waters; and Your footsteps are not known.
20 You led Your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph
8 “But I would inquire of God, and turn my talk to God,
9 “Who does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.
10 “He gives rain upon the earth, and pours water upon the streets,
11 “and sets those who are low up on high, so that the sorrowful may be exalted to salvation.
12 “He scatters the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish that which they undertake.
13 “He takes the wise in their craftiness. And the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
14 “They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noon as in the night.
15 “But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the violent man,
16 “so that the poor has hope. But iniquity shall shut her mouth.
17 “Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore, do not refuse the discipline of the Almighty.
18 “For He makes the wound and binds it up. He strikes, and His Hands make whole.
19 “He shall deliver you in six troubles. And in the seventh, misery shall not touch you.
20 “In famine He shall deliver you from death, and in battle from the power of the sword.
21 “You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue. And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 “You shall laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraid of the beast of the Earth.
23 “For the stones of the field shall be in league with you. And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 “And you shall know that peace is in your tent. And you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 “You shall also perceive that your seed shall be great, and your posterity as the grass of the earth.
26 “You shall go to your grave at a full age, as a stack of grain comes in due season.
27 “Lo, thus have we examined it. And so it is. Hear this and know it for yourself.”
8 Finally, all of you be of one mind; compassionate, loving as brothers, merciful, friendly,
9 not rendering evil for evil, nor rebuke for rebuke. On the contrary, bless. Know that you are called to this so that you could be heirs of blessing.
10 For “if anyone longs after life (and to see good days), let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 “Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears towards their prayers. And the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 And who is it that will harm you if you follow that which is good?
14 But if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. And “do not fear their terror, nor be troubled.”
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer - with humility and respect - to everyone who asks you the Reason for the hope that is in you;
16 having a good conscience, so that when they falsely accuse you as evildoers, those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
17 For it is better (if it is the will of God) to suffer for doing good rather than evil.
18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins - the Just for the unjust - so that He might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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