Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
BOOK 5
The Lord Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.
23 Those who (A)go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
24 They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His [a]wonders in the deep.
25 For He (B)spoke and raised up a (C)stormy wind,
Which (D)lifted up the waves [b]of the sea.
26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul (E)melted away in their misery.
27 They reeled and (F)staggered like a drunken man,
And [c]were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
29 He (G)caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves [d]of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired haven.
31 (H)Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His [e](I)wonders to the sons of men!
32 Let them (J)extol Him also (K)in the congregation of the people,
And (L)praise Him at the seat of the elders.
Job’s Past Was Glorious
29 And Job again took up his (A)discourse and said,
2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
3 When (C)His lamp shone over my head,
And (D)by His light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in [a]the prime of my days,
When the [b](E)friendship of God was over my tent;
5 When [c]the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;
6 When my steps were bathed in (F)butter,
And the (G)rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 “When I went out to (H)the gate of the city,
When I [d]took my seat in the square,
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.
9 “The princes (I)stopped talking
And (J)put their hands on their mouths;
10 The voice of the nobles was [e](K)hushed,
And their (L)tongue stuck to their palate.
11 “For when (M)the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
12 Because I delivered (N)the poor who cried for help,
And the (O)orphan who had no helper.
13 “The blessing of the one (P)ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the (Q)widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 “I (R)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 “I was (S)eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.
16 “I was a father to (T)the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
17 “I (U)broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 “Then I [f]thought, ‘I shall die [g]in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 ‘My (V)root is spread out to the waters,
And (W)dew lies all night on my branch.
20 ‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my (X)bow is renewed in my hand.’
Paul in Macedonia and Greece
20 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for (A)the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left (B)to go to (C)Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. 3 And there he spent three months, and when (D)a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for (E)Syria, he decided to return through (F)Macedonia. 4 And [a]he was accompanied by Sopater of (G)Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by (H)Aristarchus and Secundus of the (I)Thessalonians, and (J)Gaius of (K)Derbe, and (L)Timothy, and (M)Tychicus and (N)Trophimus of [b](O)Asia. 5 But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for (P)us at (Q)Troas. 6 (R)We sailed from (S)Philippi after (T)the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at (U)Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.
7 On (V)the first day of the week, when (W)we were gathered together to (X)break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his [c]message until midnight. 8 There were many (Y)lamps in the (Z)upper room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named [d]Eutychus sitting [e]on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and (AA)fell upon him, and after embracing him, he (AB)said, “[f]Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.” 11 When he had gone back up and had (AC)broken the bread and [g]eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12 They took away the boy alive, and were [h]greatly comforted.
Troas to Miletus
13 But (AD)we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go [i]by land. 14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15 Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to (AE)Miletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past (AF)Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in [j](AG)Asia; for he was hurrying (AH)to be in Jerusalem, if possible, (AI)on the day of Pentecost.
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