Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 Fear the LORD, you, His saints. For those who fear Him lack nothing.
10 The lions lack and suffer hunger. But those who seek the LORD shall lack nothing that is good.
11 Come children, hear me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he who desires life and loves long days to see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips, so that they speak no deceit.
14 Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and follow after it.
11 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered? Or should a great talker be justified?
3 “Should men hold their peace at your lies? And when you mock, shall no one make you ashamed?
4 “For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure and I am clean in Your eyes.’
5 “But, oh that God would speak and open His Lips against you!
6 “So that He might show you the secrets of wisdom. How you have double, according to right. Know, therefore, that God has exacted from you less than your iniquity deserves.
7 “Can you search out the depths of God? Can you learn the limits of the Almighty?
8 “They are higher than the heavens. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. How can you know them?
9 “Their measure is longer than the Earth. And they are broader than the sea.
10 “If He cuts off and shuts up, or gathers together, who can turn Him back?
11 “For He knows vain men, and sees iniquity, and he who understands nothing.
12 “Yet vain man would be wise (though a man born is like a wild donkey colt)
13 “if you prepared your heart and stretched out your hands toward Him.
14 “If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away and let no wickedness dwell in your tent.
15 “Then, truly shall you lift up your face without spot, and shall be stable, and shall not fear.
16 “And you shall forget misery and remember it as waters that are past.
17 “Your lifetime shall appear clearer than the noonday, and shall shine as the morning.
18 “And you shall be bold because there is hope. And you shall dig pits and shall lie down safely.
19 “For when you take your rest, no one shall make you afraid. Yea, many shall pursue you.
20 “But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. And their refuge shall perish. And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.”
8 Now Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9 Then there arose certain ones out of the synagogue who are called ‘Freedmen’ – as well as Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and ones from Cilicia and Asia - and disputed with Stephen.
10 But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
11 Then they incited men, who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God!”
12 Thus they moved the people and the elders, and the scribes. And running after him, caught him, and brought him to the Council.
13 And they set forth false witnesses, who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law!
14 “For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the ordinances which Moses gave us!”
15 And as all who sat in the Council looked steadfastly at him, they saw his face as the face of an angel.
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