Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
^(A)My eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my ^[a]body!
¹⁰ For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
^11 (B)I am a ^[b]reproach among all my enemies,
But ^(C)especially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
^(D)Those who see me outside flee from me.
^12 (E)I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a ^[c]broken vessel.
^13 (F)For I hear the slander of many;
^(G)Fear is on every side;
While they ^(H)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in Your ^(I)hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
^16 (J)Make Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me for Your mercies’ sake.

¹³ “Hold^[a] your peace with me, and let me speak,
Then let come on me what may!
¹⁴ Why ^(A)do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?
^15 (B)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
^(C)Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
¹⁶ He also shall be my salvation,
For a ^(D)hypocrite could not come before Him.
¹⁷ Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.
¹⁸ See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be ^(E)vindicated.
^19 (F)Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.