Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 “(A)Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify [a]against you;
I am God, (B)your God.
8 I do (C)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 I will not take a (D)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
10 For (E)every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every (F)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is [b]Mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (G)world is Mine, and [c]everything it contains.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of [d](H)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer God (I)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (J)pay your vows to the Most High;
15 (K)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will (L)rescue you, and you will (M)honor Me.”
40 Let’s (A)examine and search out our ways,
And let’s return to the Lord.
41 We (B)raise our heart [a]and hands
Toward God in heaven;
42 We have (C)done wrong and rebelled;
You have (D)not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with (E)anger
And (F)pursued us;
You have slain and (G)have not spared.
44 You have (H)veiled Yourself with a cloud
So that (I)no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us mere (J)refuse and rubbish
In the midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have (K)opened their mouths against us.
47 (L)Panic and pitfall have come upon us,
Devastation and destruction;
48 My [b](M)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes flow (N)unceasingly,
Without stopping,
50 Until the Lord (O)looks down
And sees from heaven.
51 My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies (P)without reason
Hunted me down (Q)like a bird;
53 They have silenced [c]me (R)in the pit
And have [d](S)thrown stones on me.
54 Waters flowed (T)over my head;
I said, “I am [e]cut off!”
55 I (U)called on Your name, Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
56 You have (V)heard my voice,
“(W)Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief,
From my cry for help.”
57 You (X)came near on the day I called to You;
You said, “(Y)Do not fear!”
58 Lord, You (Z)have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have (AA)redeemed my life.
Safe at Malta
28 When (A)they had been brought safely through, (B)then we found out that (C)the island was called [a]Malta. 2 (D)The [b]natives showed us extraordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and (E)took us all in because of the rain that had started and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out [c]because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. 4 When (F)the [d]natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “(G)Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, [e]justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 However, [f](H)Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 Now they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and (I)began to say that he was a god.
7 Now in the neighboring parts of that place were lands belonging to the [g]leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us warmly for three days. 8 And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with a recurring fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after he (J)prayed, he (K)laid his hands on him and healed him. 9 After this happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and being cured. 10 They also showed us many honors, and when we were about to set sail, they [h]supplied us with [i]everything we needed.
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