Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
21 But You, [a]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me (A)for the sake of Your name;
Because (B)Your mercy is good, rescue me;
22 For (C)I am afflicted and needy,
And [b]my heart is (D)wounded within me.
23 I am passing (E)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off (F)like the locust.
24 My (G)knees [c]are weak from (H)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a (I)disgrace to them;
When they see me, they (J)shake their head.
26 (K)Help me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
27 [d]And may they (L)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
28 (M)They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your (N)servant will be glad.
29 [e]May (O)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And [f]may they (P)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
God Will Restore Israel to Her Land
33 “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “with a mighty hand and with an (A)outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I assuredly shall be (B)king over you. 34 I will (C)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with (D)wrath poured out; 35 and I will bring you into the (E)wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. 36 Just as I (F)entered into judgment with your fathers in the (G)wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares the Lord God. 37 “I will make you (H)pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 and I will (I)purge from you the rebels and those who revolt against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they reside, but they will (J)not enter the [a]land of Israel. So you will know that I am the Lord.
39 “As for you, house of Israel,” this is what the Lord God says: “(K)Go, serve, everyone of you his idols; [b]but later you will certainly listen to Me, and My holy name you will no longer (L)defile with your gifts and your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “there the entire house of Israel, (M)all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will (N)accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. 41 [c]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I (O)bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be (P)holy among you in the sight of the nations. 42 And (Q)you will know that I am the Lord, (R)when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the (S)land which I swore to give to your forefathers. 43 And there you will (T)remember your ways and all your deeds by which you have defiled yourselves; and you will (U)loathe yourselves in your own [d]sight for all the evil things that you have done. 44 Then (V)you will know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you (W)in behalf of My name, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.’”
6 (A)On another Sabbath He entered (B)the synagogue and taught; and a man was there [a]whose right hand was withered. 7 Now the scribes and the Pharisees (C)were watching Him [b]closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him. 8 But He (D)knew [c]what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and [d]come forward!” And he got up and [e]came forward. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?” 10 And after (E)looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored. 11 But they themselves were filled with senseless rage, and began discussing together what they might do to Jesus.
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