Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the music director; with stringed instruments, [a]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
6 Lord, (A)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am (B)frail;
(C)Heal me, Lord, for (D)my bones are horrified.
3 And my (E)soul is greatly horrified;
But You, Lord—(F)how long?
4 Return, Lord, (G)rescue my [b]soul;
Save me because of Your mercy.
5 For (H)there is no [c]mention of You in death;
In [d]Sheol, who will praise You?
16 “And now (A)my soul is poured out [a]within me;
Days of misery have seized me.
17 At night it pierces (B)my bones [b]within me,
And my gnawing pains do not rest.
18 By a great force my garment is (C)distorted;
It ties me up like the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me into the (D)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 I (E)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21 You have [c]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You (F)persecute me.
22 You (G)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
23 For I know that You (H)will bring me to death,
And to the (I)house of meeting for all living.
24 “Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not (J)cry out for help?
25 Have I not (K)wept for the [d]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for (L)the needy?
26 When I (M)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, (N)darkness came.
27 [e]I am seething (O)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
28 I go about [f](P)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and (Q)cry out for help.
29 I have become a brother to (R)jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 My (S)skin turns black [g]on me,
And my (T)bones burn with [h]fever.
31 Therefore my (U)harp [i]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Healing an Official’s Son
46 Therefore He came again to (A)Cana of Galilee, (B)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at (C)Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come (D)from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. 48 Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see [a](E)signs and (F)wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[b]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “(G)Go; your son [c]is alive.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home. 51 And as he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his [d]son was [e]alive. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [f]seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son is alive”; and he himself believed, and (H)his entire household. 54 This is again a (I)second [g]sign that Jesus performed when He had (J)come from Judea into Galilee.
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