Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.
A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
30 I will (A)exalt You, Lord, for You have (B)lifted me up,
And have not let my (C)enemies rejoice over me.
2 Lord my God,
I (D)cried to You for help, and You (E)healed me.
3 Lord, You have (F)brought up my soul from [a]Sheol;
You have kept me alive, [b]that I would not (G)go down to the pit.
4 (H)Sing praise to the Lord, you (I)His godly ones,
And (J)praise the mention of His holiness.
5 For (K)His anger is but for a moment,
His (L)favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may (M)last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will (N)never be moved.”
7 Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You (O)hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I pleaded for compassion:
9 “What gain is there in my blood, if I (P)go down to the pit?
Will the (Q)dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
16 For these things I (A)weep;
[a]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (B)comforter,
One to restore my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”
17 Zion (C)stretches out with her hands;
There is no one to comfort her;
The Lord has (D)commanded regarding Jacob
That those around him become his adversaries;
(E)Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.
18 “The Lord is (F)righteous,
For I have (G)rebelled against His [b]command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And (H)see my pain;
(I)My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
19 I (J)called to my lovers, but they deserted me;
My (K)priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to (L)restore their [c]strength themselves.
20 See, Lord, for I am in distress;
My [d](M)spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (N)rebellious.
In the street the sword has made women childless;
In the house it is like death.
21 They have heard that I (O)groan;
There is no one to comfort me,
All my enemies have heard of my disaster;
They are (P)joyful that You have done it.
Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,
So that they will become (Q)like me.
22 May all their wickedness come before You;
And (R)deal with them just as You have dealt with me
For all my wrongdoings.
For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”
2 (A)Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3 I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said (B)before that you are (C)in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4 My (D)confidence [a]in you is great; my (E)boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with (F)comfort; I am overflowing with (G)joy in all our affliction.
5 For even when we came into (H)Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were (I)afflicted on every side: (J)conflicts on the outside, fears inside. 6 But (K)God, who comforts the [b]discouraged, (L)comforted us by the arrival of (M)Titus; 7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. 8 For though I (N)caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while— 9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything [c]through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a (O)repentance [d]without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For behold what earnestness this very thing, this [e]godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what (P)longing, what zeal, what (Q)punishment of wrong! In everything you (R)demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. 12 So although (S)I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of (T)the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. 13 Because of this, we have been (U)comforted.
And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of (V)Titus, because his (W)spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have (X)boasted to him about you regarding anything, I was not put to shame. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before (Y)Titus proved to be the truth. 15 His [f]affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the (Z)obedience of you all, how you received him with (AA)fear and trembling. 16 I rejoice that in everything (AB)I have confidence in you.
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