Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
8 Praise[a] our God, you nations.
Loudly proclaim his praise.[b]
9 He preserves our lives[c]
and does not allow our feet to slip.
10 For[d] you, O God, tested us;
you purified us like refined silver.
11 You led us into a trap;[e]
you caused us to suffer.[f]
12 You allowed men to ride over our heads;
we passed through fire and water,
but you brought us out into a wide open place.[g]
13 I will enter[h] your temple with burnt sacrifices;
I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
14 which my lips uttered
and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,
along with the smell of sacrificial rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
16 Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God.[i]
I will declare what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him for help[j]
and praised him with my tongue.[k]
18 If I had harbored sin in my heart,[l]
the Lord would not have listened.
19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
20 God deserves praise,[m]
for[n] he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me.[o]
7 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.[a] 2 You must take with you seven pairs[b] of every kind of clean animal,[c] the male and its mate,[d] two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs[e] of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female,[f] to preserve their offspring[g] on the face of the entire earth. 4 For in seven days[h] I will cause it to rain[i] on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
5 And Noah did all[j] that the Lord commanded him.
6 Noah[k] was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed[l] the earth. 7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of[m] the floodwaters. 8 Pairs[n] of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah,[o] just as God had commanded him.[p] 10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.[q]
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep[r] burst open and the floodgates of the heavens[s] were opened. 12 And the rain fell[t] on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives.[u] 14 They entered,[v] along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.[w] 15 Pairs[x] of all creatures[y] that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah. 16 Those that entered were male and female,[z] just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 18 The waters completely overwhelmed[aa] the earth, and the ark floated[ab] on the surface of the waters. 19 The waters completely inundated[ac] the earth so that even[ad] all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. 20 The waters rose more than 20 feet[ae] above the mountains.[af] 21 And all living things[ag] that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath[ah] of life in its nostrils died. 23 So the Lord[ai] destroyed[aj] every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.[ak] They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.[al] 24 The waters prevailed over[am] the earth for 150 days.
13 When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought[a] they could carry out[b] their purpose, so they weighed anchor[c] and sailed close along the coast[d] of Crete. 14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force[e] wind called the northeaster[f] blew down from the island.[g] 15 When the ship was caught in it[h] and could not head into[i] the wind, we gave way to it and were driven[j] along. 16 As we ran under the lee of[k] a small island called Cauda,[l] we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat[m] under control. 17 After the crew[n] had hoisted it aboard,[o] they used supports[p] to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground[q] on the Syrtis,[r] they lowered the sea anchor,[s] thus letting themselves be driven along. 18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm,[t] they began throwing the cargo overboard,[u] 19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear[v] overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent[w] storm continued to batter us,[x] we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.[y]
21 Since many of them had no desire to eat,[z] Paul[aa] stood up[ab] among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me[ac] and not put out to sea[ad] from Crete, thus avoiding[ae] this damage and loss. 22 And now I advise[af] you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.[ag] 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong[ah] and whom I serve[ai] came to me[aj] 24 and said,[ak] ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before[al] Caesar,[am] and God has graciously granted you the safety[an] of all who are sailing with you.’ 25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God[ao] that it will be just as I have been told. 26 But we must[ap] run aground on some island.”
27 When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven[aq] across the Adriatic Sea,[ar] about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.[as] 28 They took soundings[at] and found the water was twenty fathoms[au] deep; when they had sailed a little farther[av] they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms[aw] deep. 29 Because they were afraid[ax] that we would run aground on the rocky coast,[ay] they threw out[az] four anchors from the stern and wished[ba] for day to appear.[bb] 30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending[bc] that they were going to put out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion[bd] and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you[be] cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes[bf] of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.[bg]
33 As day was about to dawn,[bh] Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense[bi] and have gone[bj] without food; you have eaten nothing.[bk] 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important[bl] for your survival.[bm] For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.” 35 After he said this, Paul[bn] took bread[bo] and gave thanks to God in front of them all,[bp] broke[bq] it, and began to eat. 36 So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves. 37 (We were in all 276[br] persons on the ship.)[bs] 38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied,[bt] they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat[bu] into the sea.
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