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.

^55 (A)I called on Your name, O Lord,
From the lowest ^(B)pit.
^56 (C)You have heard my voice:
“Do not hide Your ear
From my sighing, from my cry for help.”
⁵⁷ You ^(D)drew near on the day I called on You,
And said, ^(E)“Do not fear!”

⁵⁸ O Lord, You have ^(F)pleaded the case for my soul;
^(G)You have redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ O Lord, You have seen ^[a]how I am wronged;
^(H)Judge my case.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
All their ^(I)schemes against me.

⁶¹ You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,
⁶² The lips of my enemies
And their whispering against me all the day.
⁶³ Look at their ^(J)sitting down and their rising up;
I am their taunting song.

^64 (K)Repay them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ Give them ^[b]a veiled heart;
Your curse be upon them!
⁶⁶ In Your anger,
Pursue and destroy them
^(L)From under the heavens of the ^(M)Lord.