Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Book Five
Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
23 Some (A)went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 For he (B)commanded and (C)raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage (D)melted away in their evil plight;
27 they reeled and (E)staggered like drunken men
and (F)were at their wits' end.[a]
28 (G)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
29 He (H)made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the waters[b] were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
31 (I)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32 Let them (J)extol him in (K)the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word (A)dropped upon them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
and they (B)opened their mouths as for the (C)spring rain.
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and (D)the light of my (E)face they did not cast down.
25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like (F)a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
30 “But now they (G)laugh at me,
men who are (H)younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
(I)men whose (J)vigor is gone?
3 Through want and hard hunger
they (K)gnaw (L)the dry ground by night in (M)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
5 (N)They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of (O)the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they (P)bray;
under (Q)the nettles they huddle together.
8 A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
9 “And now I have become their (R)song;
I am (S)a byword to them.
10 They (T)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to (U)spit at the sight of me.
11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
they have cast off restraint[b] in my presence.
12 On my (V)right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they (W)cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 They break up my path;
they promote my (X)calamity;
they need no one to help them.
14 As through a wide (Y)breach they come;
amid the crash they roll on.
15 (Z)Terrors are turned upon me;
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like (AA)a cloud.
Paul Goes to Jerusalem
21 And when (A)we had parted from them and set sail, we (B)came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.[a] 2 And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. 3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo. 4 And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And (C)through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, (D)accompanied us until we were outside the city. And (E)kneeling down on the beach, we prayed 6 and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted (F)the brothers[b] and stayed with them for one day. 8 On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of (G)Philip (H)the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 He had four unmarried daughters, (I)who prophesied. 10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named (J)Agabus came down from Judea. 11 And coming to us, he (K)took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, (L)“Thus says the Holy Spirit, (M)‘This is how the Jews[c] at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and (N)deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” 12 When we heard this, we and the people there (O)urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, (P)“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For (Q)I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem (R)for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 And since he would not be persuaded, (S)we ceased and said, (T)“Let the will of the Lord be done.”
15 After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. 16 And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
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