Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

² The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shallbe blessed upon the earth; and Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

³ The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; Thou wilt turn him on his bed in his sickness.

⁴ I said, “Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.”

⁵ Mine enemies speak evil of me and say, “When shall he die and his name perish?”

⁶ And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself, and when he goeth out, he telleth it.

⁷ All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

⁸ “An evil disease,” they say, “cleaveth fast unto him, and now that he lieth down, he shall rise up no more.”

⁹ Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, that ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But Thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

¹¹ By this I know that Thou favorest me: because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

¹² And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.

¹³ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

39 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

² And Hezekiah was glad with them, and showed them the house of his precious things — the silver and the gold, and the spices and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah showed them not.

³ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto King Hezekiah and said unto him, “What said these men? And from whence came they unto thee?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.”

⁴ Then said he, “What have they seen in thine house?” And Hezekiah answered, “All that is in mine house have they seen. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

⁵ Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:

⁶ ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left,’ saith the Lord.

⁷ ‘And of thy sons who shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

⁸ Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken.” He said moreover, “For there shall be peace and truth in my days.”

³⁸ And He arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her.

³⁹ And He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

⁴⁰ Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them.

⁴¹ And devils also came out of many, crying out and saying, “Thou art Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak; for they knew that He was Christ.