Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Thanksgiving for God’s Provision
For the music director. A psalm of David. A song.[a]
65 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion,
and to you the vow shall be fulfilled.
2 O you who hear prayer,
to you all flesh will come.
3 Iniquities[b] prevail over me.
As for our transgressions, you will forgive[c] them.
4 Blessed is one whom you choose and bring near,
that he may abide in your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness you will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
you who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth
and of the far-off seas,
6 who established the mountains by his strength,
the one who is girded with might,
7 who stills the roar of the seas,
the roar of their waves,
and the commotion of the peoples,
8 so that[d] the inhabitants of the farthest reaches are in awe of your signs.
You make the dawn and sunset sing for joy.
9 You care for[e] the land[f] and water it;
you greatly enrich it.
The stream of God is filled with waters.
You provide their grain,
for so you have established it.
10 You drench its furrows,
penetrating its ridges.
With rains you soften it;
its growth you bless.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,[g]
and your wagon paths drip with richness.[h]
12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
and the hills gird themselves with joy.
13 The pasturelands put on flocks,
and the valleys clothe themselves with grain.
They shout in triumph;
they even sing.
Plague One: Blood
14 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is insensitive;[a] he refuses to release the people. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Look, he is going out to the water, and you must wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile, and you must take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. 16 And you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Release my people that they may serve me in the desert, and, look, you have not listened until now.” 17 Thus says Yahweh, “By this you will know that I am Yahweh. Look, I am about to strike with the staff that is in my hand the water that is in the Nile, and it will be changed to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”
19 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch your hand out over the waters of Egypt and over their rivers, over their canals, and over their pools and over all of their reservoirs of water, so that they become blood,’ and blood will be in all the land of Egypt and in vessels of wood and of stone.”
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh had commanded, and he raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants, and all of the water that was in the Nile was changed to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and the Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did likewise with their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went to his house, and he did not take also this to heart.[b] 24 And all of the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they were unable to drink from the water of the Nile.
A Violent Storm at Sea
13 And when[a] a southwest wind began to blow gently, because they[b] thought they could accomplish their purpose, they weighed anchor and[c] sailed close along Crete. 14 But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster,[d] rushed down from it.[e] 15 And when[f] the ship was caught and was not able to head into the wind, we gave way and[g] were driven along. 16 And running under the lee of a certain small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control. 17 After[h] hoisting it up,[i] they made use of supports to undergird the ship. And because they[j] were afraid lest they run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and[k] thus were driven along. 18 And because[l] we were violently battered by the storm, on the next day they began[m] jettisoning the cargo,[n] 19 and on the third day they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands. 20 But when[o] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and with not a little bad weather confronting us,[p] finally all hope was abandoned that we would be saved.
21 And because[q] many were experiencing lack of appetite, at that time Paul stood up in their midst and[r] said, “Men, you ought to have followed my advice not to put out to sea from Crete, and thus avoided this damage and loss! 22 And now I urge you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life from among you, but only of the ship. 23 For this night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve came to me, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar, and behold, God has graciously granted you all who are sailing with you.’ 25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this—according to the[s] way it was told to me. 26 But it is necessary that we run aground on some island.”
27 And when the fourteenth night had come, as[t] we were being driven in the Adriatic Sea about the middle of the night, the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.[u] 28 And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little further and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms. 29 And because they[v] were afraid lest somewhere we run aground against rough places, they threw down four anchors from the stern and[w] prayed for day to come. 30 And when[x] the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending as if they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.[y]
33 And until the day was about to come, Paul was urging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited anxiously, and[z] you have continued without eating, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost.” 35 And after he[aa] said these things and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of them all, and after[ab] breaking it,[ac] he began to eat. 36 So they all were[ad] encouraged and partook of food themselves. 37 (Now we were in all two hundred seventy six persons on the ship.) 38 And when they[ae] had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship by[af] throwing the wheat[ag] into the sea.
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