Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 Because (A)for Your sake I have borne reproach;
(B)Dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (C)estranged [a]from my brothers
And a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
9 For (D)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And (E)the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept (F)in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
11 When I made (A)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (B)a byword to them.
12 Those who (C)dwell at the gate moan about me,
And I am (D)the drunkards’ songs.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, (E)at an acceptable time;
O God, in the (F)abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.
14 Deliver me from the (G)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be (H)delivered from [a]my foes and from the [b](I)deep waters.
15 May the [c](J)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (K)pit shut its mouth on me.
18 Then they said, “Come and let us (A)devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the (B)law is not going to perish from the priest, nor (C)counsel to the wise man, nor the divine (D)word to the prophet! Come on and let us (E)strike at him with our tongue, and let us (F)give no heed to any of his words.”
19 Do give heed to me, O Yahweh,
And listen to the voice of those who contend against me!
20 (G)Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have (H)dug a pit for [a]me.
Remember how I (I)stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
21 Therefore, (J)give their children over to famine
And deliver them up to the [b]power of the sword;
And let their wives become (K)childless and (L)widowed.
Let their men also be [c]smitten to death,
Their (M)young men struck down by the sword in battle.
22 May an (N)outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(O)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (P)hidden snares for my feet.
23 Yet You, O Yahweh, know
All their [d]deadly counsel against me;
(Q)Do not atone for their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from before You.
But may they be [e](R)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (S)time of Your anger!
The Apostles Jailed and Freed
17 But the high priest rose up and those with him (that is (A)the sect of (B)the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 And they laid hands on the apostles and (C)put them in a public jail. 19 But during the night (D)an angel of the [a]Lord opened the doors of the prison, and taking them out, he said, 20 “Go, stand and [b]speak to the people in the temple [c](E)the whole message of this Life.” 21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple (F)about daybreak and began to teach.
Now when (G)the high priest and those with him came, they called (H)the Sanhedrin together, even all the Council of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the jailhouse for them to be brought. 22 But (I)the officers who came did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back, 23 saying, “We found the jailhouse locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors, but we opened it and found no one inside.” 24 Now when (J)the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what [d]would come of this. 25 But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” 26 Then (K)the captain went along with (L)the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for (M)they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).
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