Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
65 O God, praise waits for You in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.
2 O, You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come!
3 Wicked deeds have prevailed against me. But You will be merciful to our transgressions.
4 Blessed is he whom You choose and cause to come. He shall dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Your House, and of Your Holy Temple.
5 O God of our salvation, You will answer us with fearful signs in Your righteousness. You are the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of those who are far off in the sea.
6 He establishes the mountains by His power, being clothed with strength.
7 He appeases the noise of the seas, and the noise of the waves thereof, and the tumults of the people.
8 Also, those who dwell in the uttermost parts shall be afraid of Your signs. You shall make the outgoings of the morning and the evening rejoice.
9 You visit the Earth and water it. You make it very rich. The river of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have appointed it.
10 You water the furrows thereof abundantly. You cause the rain to descend into the valleys thereof. You make it soft with showers and bless the bud thereof.
11 You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your steps drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the hills shall be surrounded with gladness.
13 The pastures are clad with sheep. The valleys, also, shall be covered with grain. They shout for joy and sing. To him who excels: A song or psalm
13 Also, the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
14 “For at this time, I will send My plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people, so that you may know that there is none like Me in all the Earth.
15 “For now I will stretch out My hand, so that I may strike you and your people with the pestilence. And you shall perish from the Earth.
16 “And indeed, for this reason I have appointed you: to show My power in you, and to declare My Name throughout all the world.
17 “Yet, you exalt yourself against My people, and do not let them go.
18 “Behold, tomorrow at this time, I will rain a mighty great hail, such as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was laid until this time.
19 “Therefore, send now. Gather the cattle and all that you have in the field. For upon all the men and the beasts which are found in the field (and not brought home) the hail shall fall upon them. And they shall die.”’”
20 Those who feared the Word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.
21 But those who did not regard the Word of the LORD left his servants, and his cattle, in the field.
22 And the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand toward Heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and upon beast and upon all the herbs of the field in the land of Egypt.”
23 Then Moses stretched out his rod toward Heaven. And the LORD sent thunder and hail and lightning upon the ground. And the LORD caused hail to rain upon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail—and fire mingled with the hail—more grievous than any which had been throughout all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail struck all that was in the field, throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. Also, the hail struck all the trees of the field and broke all the trees of the field to pieces.
26 Only in the land of Goshen (where the children of Israel were) was there no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have now sinned. The LORD is righteous; but I and my people are wicked.
28 “Pray to the LORD (for it is enough) that there are no more mighty thunders and hail; and I will let you go. And you shall wait no longer.”
29 Then Moses said to him, “As soon as I am out of the city, I will spread my hands to the LORD, and the thunder shall cease. Nor shall there be any more hail, so that you may know that the Earth is the LORD’s.
30 “As for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear before the face of the LORD God.”
31 (And the flax and the barley were stricken. For the barley was eared and the flax was bolled.
32 But, the wheat and the rye were not stricken, for they were hidden in the ground).
33 Then, Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread his hands to the LORD. And the thunder and the hail ceased. Nor did it rain upon the Earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart (he and his servants).
35 So, the heart of Pharaoh was hardened. Nor would he let the children of Israel go (as the LORD had said through Moses).
39 And when it was day, they did not recognize the country. But they spied a certain creek with a bank, into which they intended (if possible) to thrust in the ship.
40 So when they had taken up the anchors, they committed to the sea, and released the rudder ropes, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and drew to the shore.
41 And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they thrust in the ship. And the bow stuck fast, and could not be moved. But the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 Then the soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, so that none of them could swim away and escape.
43 But the Centurion (wanting to save Paul) stopped them from carrying out this plan, and commanded that those who could swim should cast themselves into the sea first, and get to land
44 (as well as the others - some on boards, and some on certain pieces of the ship). And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
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