Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
107 Praise the LORD, because He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
2 Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD show how He has delivered them from the hand of the oppressor—
3 and gathered them out of the lands—from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, occupying by the great waters,
24 they see the works of the LORD, and His wonders, in the deep.
25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind; and it lifts up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, descend to the deep, so that their soul melts for trouble.
27 They are tossed to and fro and stagger like a drunken man. And all their cunning is gone.
28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distress.
29 He turns the storm to calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 When they are quieted, they are glad; and He brings them to the haven where they wish to be.
31 Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness, and His wonderful works before the sons of men.
32 And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the assembly of the elders.
29 So Job proceeded, and continued his parable, saying,
2 “Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserved me,
3 “when His light shined upon my head! By His light I walked through the darkness,
4 “as I was in the days of my youth, when God’s providence was upon my tabernacle,
5 “when the Almighty was still with me, and my children all around me,
6 “when I washed my paths with butter, and when the rock poured out rivers of oil for me.
7 “When I went out to the gate, to the judgment seat, I caused them to prepare my seat in the street.
8 “The young men saw me and hid themselves. And the aged arose, stood up.
9 “The princes stopped talking and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 “The voice of princes was hidden, and their tongue clung to the roof of their mouth.
11 “And when the ear heard me, it blessed me. And when the eye saw, it gave witness to me.
12 “For I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless, and him who had no one to help him.
13 “The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me. And I caused the widow’s heart to rejoice.
14 “I put on justice, and it covered me, my judgment as a robe and a crown.
15 “I was the eyes to the blind, and I was the feet to the lame.
16 “I was a father to the poor, and I did not know the cause. I sought it out diligently.
17 “I also broke the jaws of the unrighteous man and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 “Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply days as the sand.
19 ‘My root is spread out by the water, and the dew shall lie upon my branch.
20 ‘My glory shall renew toward me, and my bow shall be restored in my hand.’
20 Now after the disturbance abated, Paul called the disciples to him, and embraced them, and left for Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
3 And after staying there for three months, he was about to sail for Syria. But he decided to return through Macedonia because the Jews had set a trap for him.
4 And Sopater of Berea accompanied him into Asia, as well as Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These went ahead and awaited us at Troas.
6 And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi. And five days later we joined them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
7 And the first day of the week (the disciples having come together to break bread), Paul, ready to leave the next day, preached to them, and continued preaching until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the upper room where they were gathered together.
9 And a certain young man named Eutychus had fallen into a dead sleep while sitting in a window. And as Paul preached at length, he was overcome with sleep and fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
10 But Paul went down, and laid himself on him, and embraced him, saying, “Do not trouble yourselves. For his life is in him.”
11 Then, after having come up again and broken bread and eaten, he talked a long while (till daybreak) and left.
12 And they brought the boy (alive). And they were not a little comforted.
13 But we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, so that we might receive Paul there. For so had he arranged and would himself go on foot.
14 Now when he had met us in Assos, and we had received him, we went to Mitylene.
15 And we sailed from there the next day and came opposite Chios. And the next day we arrived at Samos and stayed in Trogyllium. The next day we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend time in Asia. For he hurried to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
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