Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
⁴ For day and night Your ^(D)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
⁵ I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
^(E)I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

^6 (F)For this cause everyone who is godly shall ^(G)pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
^7 (H)You are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with ^(I)songs of deliverance. Selah

²¹ “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and ^(A)be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
²² Receive, please, ^(B)instruction from His mouth,
And ^(C)lay up His words in your heart.
²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
²⁴ Then you will ^(D)lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
²⁵ Yes, the Almighty will be your ^[a]gold
And your precious silver;
²⁶ For then you will have your ^(E)delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
^27 (F)You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
²⁸ You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then ^(G)He will save the humble person.
³⁰ He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”

² “Even today my ^(H)complaint is bitter;
^[b]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
^3 (I)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
⁴ I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
^6 (J)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
⁷ There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

⁸ “Look,^(K) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
⁹ When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
¹⁰ But ^(L)He knows the way that I take;
When ^(M)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
^11 (N)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the ^(O)commandment of His lips;
^(P)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my ^[c]necessary food.

¹³ “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever ^(Q)His soul desires, that He does.
¹⁴ For He performs what is ^(R)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
¹⁶ For God ^(S)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
¹⁷ Because I was not ^(T)cut off ^[d]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.