Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
    through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵ I ^(H)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶ Therefore let everyone who is ^(J)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(K)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(L)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷ You are a ^(M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(N)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

^21 (A)“Agree with God, and ^(B)be at peace;
    thereby good will come to you.
²² Receive instruction from ^(C)his mouth,
    and ^(D)lay up his words in your heart.
²³ If you ^(E)return to the Almighty you will be ^(F)built up;
    if you ^(G)remove injustice far from your tents,
²⁴ if you lay gold in ^(H)the dust,
    and gold of ^(I)Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold
    and your precious silver.
²⁶ For then you ^(J)will delight yourself in the Almighty
    and ^(K)lift up your face to God.
²⁷ You will ^(L)make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will ^(M)pay your vows.
²⁸ You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
    and ^(N)light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’;^[a]
    but he saves ^(O)the lowly.
³⁰ He ^(P)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
    who will be delivered through ^(Q)the cleanness of your hands.”

² “Today also my ^(R)complaint is bitter;^[b]
    my ^(S)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
³ Oh, ^(T)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his ^(U)seat!
⁴ I would ^(V)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he ^(W)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷ There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

⁸ “Behold, ^(X)I go forward, but he is not there,
    and backward, but I do not perceive him;
⁹ on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
    he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
¹⁰ But he ^(Y)knows ^(Z)the way that I ^(AA)take;
    when he has ^(AB)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
¹¹ My foot ^(AC)has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have ^(AD)not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have ^(AE)treasured the words of his mouth more than my ^(AF)portion of food.
¹³ But he is unchangeable,^[c] and ^(AG)who can turn him back?
    What he ^(AH)desires, that he does.
¹⁴ For he will complete what he ^(AI)appoints for me,
    and many such things are ^(AJ)in his mind.
¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
    when I consider, I am in dread of him.
¹⁶ God has made my ^(AK)heart faint;
    the Almighty has terrified me;
¹⁷ yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
    nor because thick darkness covers my face.