Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
21 But you, O God my Lord,
deal on my behalf (A)for your name's sake;
because your (B)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am (C)poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
23 I am gone like (D)a shadow at evening;
I am (E)shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak (F)through fasting;
my (G)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
25 I am (H)an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they (I)wag their heads.
26 (J)Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
27 Let them (K)know that this is your hand;
you, O Lord, have done it!
28 (L)Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but (M)your servant will be glad!
29 May my accusers be (N)clothed with dishonor;
may they (O)be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
The Lord Will Restore Israel
33 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord God, (B)surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and (C)with wrath poured out I will be king over you. 34 (D)I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out. 35 (E)And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, (F)and there I will enter into judgment with you (G)face to face. 36 (H)As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord God. 37 I will make you (I)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 38 (J)I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. (K)I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, (L)but they shall not enter the land of Israel. (M)Then you will know that I am the Lord.
39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (N)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (O)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.
40 (P)“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there (Q)all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. (R)There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings. 41 As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when (S)I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And (T)I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. 42 (U)And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country that (V)I swore to give to your fathers. 43 (W)And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, (X)and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed. 44 And you shall know that I am the Lord, (Y)when I deal with you for my name's sake, (Z)not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
6 On another Sabbath, (A)he entered the synagogue (B)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees (C)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, (D)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8 But (E)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, (F)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10 And (G)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And (H)he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with (I)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.