Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Man.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
65 There will be silence [a]before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the (A)vow will be performed.
2 O You who hear prayer,
To You (B)all [b]men come.
3 [c](C)Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You [d](D)forgive them.
4 How (E)blessed is the one whom You (F)choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be (G)satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
5 By (H)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O (I)God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the (J)ends of the earth and of the farthest [e](K)sea;
6 Who (L)establishes the mountains by His strength,
Being (M)girded with might;
7 Who (N)stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the (O)tumult of the peoples.
8 They who dwell in the (P)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the [f]dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and (Q)cause it to overflow;
You greatly (R)enrich it;
The [g](S)stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their (T)grain, for thus You prepare [h]the earth.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
You [i]settle its ridges,
You soften it (U)with showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You have crowned the year [j]with Your [k](V)bounty,
And Your [l]paths (W)drip with fatness.
12 (X)The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the (Y)hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
13 The meadows are (Z)clothed with flocks
And the valleys are (AA)covered with grain;
They (AB)shout for joy, yes, they sing.
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(A)Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “(B)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 14 For this time I will send all My plagues [a]on you and your servants and your people, so that (C)you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15 For if by now I had put forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been cut off from the earth. 16 But, indeed, (D)for this reason I have allowed you to [b]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth. 17 Still you exalt yourself against My people [c]by not letting them go.
The Plague of Hail
18 Behold, about this time tomorrow, (E)I will [d]send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded [e]until now. 19 Now therefore send, bring (F)your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. (G)Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’” 20 (H)The one among the servants of Pharaoh who [f]feared the word of the Lord made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; 21 but he who [g]paid no regard to the word of the Lord [h]left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that [i](I)hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord [j]sent [k]thunder and (J)hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire [l]flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 (K)The hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. 26 (L)Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh [m](M)sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “(N)I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 (O)Make supplication to the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s [n]thunder and hail; and (P)I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will (Q)spread out my [o]hands to the Lord; the [p]thunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that (R)the earth is the Lord’s. 30 (S)But as for you and your servants, I know that (T)you do not yet [q]fear [r]the Lord God.” 31 (Now the flax and the (U)barley were [s]ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not [t]ruined, for they ripen late.) 33 (V)So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his [u]hands to the Lord; and the [v]thunder and the hail ceased, and rain [w]no longer poured on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the [x]thunder had ceased, he sinned again and [y]hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 Pharaoh’s heart was [z]hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the (W)Lord had spoken through Moses.
39 When day came, (A)they [a]could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. 40 And casting off (B)the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach. 41 But striking a [b]reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves. 42 The soldiers’ plan was to (C)kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; 43 but the centurion, (D)wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should [c]jump overboard first and get to land, 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that (E)they all were brought safely to land.
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