Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for ^(A)I am in distress;
My ^(B)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(C)my soul and ^[a]my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is worn down with ^(D)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(E)strength fails because of my iniquity,
And ^(F)my bones waste away.
¹¹ Among all my adversaries, I have become a ^(G)reproach,
Especially to my ^(H)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(I)forgotten like a dead man—out of ^[b]mind—
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard ^[c](J)the bad report of many,
^(K)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(L)took counsel together against me,
They ^(M)schemed to take my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,
I say, “^(N)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(O)times are in Your hand;
^(P)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(Q)face to shine upon Your slave;
^(R)Save me in Your lovingkindness.

¹³ “^(A)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.
¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And ^(B)put my life in my ^[a]hands?
^15 [b](C)Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I ^(D)will argue my ways ^[c]before Him.
¹⁶ This also will be my ^(E)salvation,
For ^(F)a godless man may not come before His presence.
^17 [d]Listen carefully to my words,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
¹⁸ Behold now, I have ^(G)arranged my case for justice;
I know that ^(H)I will be declared righteous.
^19 (I)Who will contend with me?
For now I am silent and ^(J)will breathe my last.