Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Let God’s Enemies Be Scattered
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
68 [a]Let (A)God arise, [b]let His enemies be scattered,
And [c]let those who hate Him flee before Him.
2 As (B)smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As (C)wax melts before the fire,
So let the (D)wicked perish before God.
3 But let the (E)righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
And let them rejoice with gladness.
4 Sing to God, (F)sing praises to His name;
[d](G)Lift up a song for Him who (H)rides through the deserts,
Whose (I)name is [e]Yah, and exult before Him.
5 A (J)father of the fatherless and a (K)judge [f]for the widows,
Is God in His (L)holy habitation.
6 God (M)causes the lonely to inhabit a home;
He (N)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only (O)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 O God, when You (P)went forth before Your people,
When You (Q)marched through the wasteland, [g]Selah.
8 The (R)earth quaked;
The (S)heavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;
[h](T)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You (U)caused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;
You established Your inheritance when it was [i]parched.
10 Your creatures inhabited it;
You (V)established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.
14 Why are we sitting still?
(A)Gather yourselves, and let us (B)go into the fortified cities
And let us be silent there
Because Yahweh our God has silenced us
And given us [a](C)poisoned water to drink,
For (D)we have sinned against Yahweh.
15 We (E)waited for peace, but there was no good;
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
16 From (F)Dan is heard the snorting of his horses;
At the sound of the neighing of his (G)valiant steeds
The whole land quakes;
And they come and (H)devour the land as well as its fullness,
The city and its inhabitants.
17 “For behold, I am (I)sending serpents against you,
Vipers, for which there is (J)no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares Yahweh.
Sorrow over Zion
18 [b]My (K)sorrow is beyond healing;
My (L)heart is faint within me!
19 Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a (M)distant land:
“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they (N)provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign [c](O)idols?”
20 “Harvest is past, summer is ended,
And we are not saved.”
21 For the (P)brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I (Q)mourn, desolation has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no (R)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
(S)Why then has not the [d]health of the daughter of my people gone up?
Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus’ Daughter
40 (A)And as Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. 41 (B)And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was [a](C)an official of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus’ feet, he began to plead with Him to come to his house, 42 for he had an [b]only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.
43 And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, 44 came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. 45 And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “(D)Master, the crowds are surrounding and pressing in on You.” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, for I knew that (E)power had gone out of Me.” 47 And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling. And falling down before Him, she declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she had been immediately healed. 48 And He said to her, “Daughter, (F)your faith has [c]saved you; (G)go in peace.”
49 While He was still speaking, someone *came from the house of (H)the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher anymore.” 50 But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, “(I)Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be [d]saved.” 51 So when He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother. 52 Now they were all crying and (J)lamenting for her, but He said, “Stop crying, for she has not died, but (K)is asleep.” 53 And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died. 54 He, however, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Child, arise!” 55 And her spirit returned, and she stood up immediately. And He gave orders for something to be given her to eat. 56 And her parents were astounded, but He (L)directed them to tell no one what had happened.
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