Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh
A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
38 O Yahweh, (A)reprove me not in Your wrath,
And discipline me not in Your burning anger.
2 For Your (B)arrows have pressed deep into me,
And (C)Your hand has pressed down upon me.
3 There is (D)no soundness in my flesh (E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health (F)in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities go over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My [a]wounds stink and rot
Because of (H)my [b]folly.
6 I am bent over and (I)greatly bowed down;
I (J)go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with (K)burning,
And there is (L)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am (M)faint and [c]badly crushed;
I [d](N)groan because of the [e]agitation of my heart.
9 Lord, all (O)my desire is [f]before You;
And my (P)sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, (Q)my strength forsakes me;
And the (R)light of my eyes, even [g]that [h]has gone from me.
11 My [i](S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (T)stand afar off.
12 Those who (U)search for my life (V)lay snares for me;
And those who (W)seek [j]to do me evil have [k]threatened destruction,
And they (X)meditate on deception all day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a (Y)mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 And I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For (Z)I [l]wait on You, O Yahweh;
You (AA)will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,
Who, when my foot stumbles, (AB)magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am (AC)ready to fall,
And (AD)my [m]sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I [n](AE)confess my iniquity;
I am full of (AF)anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my (AG)enemies are vigorous and [o]strong,
And those who wrongfully (AH)hate me abound.
20 And those who (AI)repay evil for good,
They (AJ)accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;
O my God, (AK)do not be far from me!
22 Make (AL)haste to help me,
O Lord, (AM)my salvation!
Yahweh Is Gracious and Just
18 Therefore Yahweh (A)waits with longing to be gracious to you,
And therefore He is on (B)high to have compassion on you.
For Yahweh is a (C)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who (D)wait for Him.
19 [a]O people in Zion, (E)inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will (F)weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will (G)answer you. 20 The Lord has given you (H)bread of distress and water of oppression; He, your Teacher will no longer (I)hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, “[b]This is the (J)way, walk in it,” whenever you (K)turn to the right or to the left. 22 And you will defile your graven (L)images overlaid with your silver, and your molten (M)images plated with your gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing and say to [c]them, “(N)Be gone!”
23 Then He will (O)give you rain for [d]the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the produce of the ground, and it will be [e]rich and fat; on that day (P)your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture. 24 Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which [f]has been (Q)winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And it will be that on every lofty mountain and on (R)every lifted up hill there will be [g]streams running with water on the day of the great (S)slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 (T)And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day (U)Yahweh binds up the (V)fracture of His people and (W)heals the bruise [h]He has inflicted.
In Lystra and Derbe
8 And at (A)Lystra (B)a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. 9 This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, (C)when he fixed his gaze on him and saw that he had (D)faith to be [a]saved from being lame, 10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” (E)And he leaped up and began to walk. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the (F)Lycaonian language, “(G)The gods have become like men and have come down to us.” 12 And they began calling Barnabas, [b]Zeus, and Paul, [c]Hermes, because he was [d]the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was [e]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and (H)was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when (I)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they (J)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also (K)men of the same nature as you, (L)proclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these [f](M)vain things to a (N)living God, (O)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 [g]In the generations gone by He (P)permitted all the [h]nations to (Q)go their own ways; 17 and yet (R)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and (S)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” 18 And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
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