Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

61 Hear my cry, O God! Give ear to my prayer!

² From the ends of the Earth I will cry to You. When my heart is oppressed, bring me upon the Rock that is higher than I.

³ For You have been my hope, a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴ I will dwell in Your Tabernacle forever. My trust shall be under the covering of Your wings. Selah.

⁵ For You, O God, have heard my desires. You have given a heritage to those who fear Your Name.

⁶ You shall give the king a long life. His years shall be as many ages.

⁷ He shall dwell before God forever. Prepare mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

⁸ So I will always sing praise to Your Name in performing, daily, my vows. To the excellent musician, Jeduthun: A Psalm of David

¹⁵ And he turned back to the man of God (he and all his company), and came and stood before him, and said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the world but in Israel. Now, therefore, please receive a reward from your servant.”

¹⁶ But he said, “As the LORD lives (before Whom I stand), I will not receive it.” And he tried to persuade him to take it. But he refused.

¹⁷ Moreover, Naaman said, “Shall there not be given two mules’ load of this earth to your servant? For from now on, your servant will offer neither burnt sacrifice nor offering to any other god except to the LORD.

¹⁸ “In this may the LORD be merciful to your servant: that when my master goes into the House of Rimmon, to worship there, and leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the House of Rimmon—when I do bow down in the House of Rimmon—that the LORD be merciful to your servant in this point.”

¹⁹ To whom he said, “Go in peace.” So, he departed from him, about half a day’s journey of ground.

²⁴ And as he answered for himself this way, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul! You are beside yourself! Great learning has made you mad!”

²⁵ But he said, “I am not mad, O noble Festus. Rather, I speak the words of truth and soberness.

²⁶ “For the King knows of these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him. For this thing was not done in a corner.

²⁷ “O King Agrippa! Do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe.”

²⁸ Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”

²⁹ Then Paul said, “I pray to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains!”