Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ Be gracious to me, Lord, for ^(A)I am in distress;
My ^(B)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(C)my soul and my body too.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(D)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(E)strength has failed because of my guilt,
And ^(F)my ^[a]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(G)disgrace,
Especially to my ^(H)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(I)forgotten like a dead person, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[b](J)slander of many,
^(K)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(L)took counsel together against me,
They ^(M)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, Lord,
I say, “^(N)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(O)times are in Your hand;
^(P)Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(Q)face shine upon Your servant;
^(R)Save me in Your faithfulness.

¹⁰ But the Lord desired
To ^(A)crush Him, ^[a](B)causing Him grief;
If He renders ^[b]Himself as a guilt ^(C)offering,
He will see ^(D)His ^[c]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the ^[d]good ^(E)pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
¹¹ As a result of the ^[e]anguish of His soul,
He will ^[f](F)see it and be satisfied;
By His ^(G)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
For He will ^(H)bear their wrongdoings.
¹² Therefore, I will allot Him a ^(I)portion with the great,
And He will divide the plunder with the strong,
Because He poured out His ^[g](J)life unto death,
And was ^(K)counted with wrongdoers;
Yet He Himself ^(L)bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the wrongdoers.