Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 Because (A)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
(B)Dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (C)estranged [a]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
9 For (D)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And (E)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept (F)in my soul with fasting,
It became my (G)disgrace.
11 When I made (A)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (B)a proverb to them.
12 Those who (C)sit in the gate talk about me,
And (D)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, (E)at an acceptable time;
God, in the (F)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with [a]Your saving truth.
14 Rescue me from the (G)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be (H)rescued from those who hate me, and from the (I)depths of water.
15 May the [b](J)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (K)pit close its mouth on me.
18 Then they said, “Come and let’s (A)devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the (B)Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor (C)advice by the wise, nor the divine (D)word by the prophet! Come, and let’s (E)strike at him with our tongue, and let’s (F)pay no attention to any of his words.”
19 Give Your attention to me, Lord,
And listen to [a]what my opponents are saying!
20 (G)Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have (H)dug a pit for [b]me.
Remember how I (I)stood before You
To speak good in their behalf,
So as to turn Your wrath away from them.
21 Therefore, (J)give their children over to famine
And turn them over to the [c]power of the sword;
And let their wives become (K)childless and (L)widowed.
Let their men also be slaughtered to death,
Their (M)young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.
22 May a (N)cry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(O)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (P)hidden snares for my feet.
23 But You, Lord, know
All their [d]deadly schemes against me;
(Q)Do not [e]forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [f](R)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (S)time of Your anger!
Imprisonment and Release
17 But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is (A)the sect of (B)the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 They laid hands on the apostles and (C)put them in a public prison. 19 But during the night (D)an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and leading them out, he said, 20 “Go, stand and [a]speak to the people in the temple area [b](E)the whole message of this Life.” 21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple area (F)about daybreak and began to teach.
Now when (G)the high priest and his associates came, they called (H)the [c]Council together, that is, all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison for them to be brought. 22 But (I)the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported, 23 saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when (J)the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what [d]would come of this. 25 But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple area and teaching the people!” 26 Then (K)the captain went along with (L)the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for (M)they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).
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