Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
30 I will (A)extol You, O Lord, for You have (B)lifted me up,
And have not let my (C)enemies rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God,
I (D)cried to You for help, and You (E)healed me.
3 O Lord, You have (F)brought up my soul from [a]Sheol;
You have kept me alive, [b]that I would not (G)go down to the pit.
4 (H)Sing praise to the Lord, you (I)His godly ones,
And (J)give thanks to His holy [c](K)name.
5 For (L)His anger is but for a moment,
His (M)favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may (N)last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will (O)never be moved.”
7 O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You (P)hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I (Q)go down to the pit?
Will the (R)dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
10 “(S)Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my (T)helper.”
11 You have turned for me (U)my mourning into dancing;
You have (V)loosed my sackcloth and girded me with (W)gladness,
12 That my [d](X)soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will (Y)give thanks to You forever.
18 Their (A)heart cried out to the Lord,
“O (B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your (C)tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let [a]your eyes have no rest.
19 “Arise, cry aloud in the (D)night
At the beginning of the night watches;
(E)Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the (F)life of your little ones
Who are (G)faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”
20 See, O Lord, and look!
With (H)whom have You dealt thus?
Should women (I)eat their [b]offspring,
The little ones who were [c]born healthy?
Should (J)priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 On the ground in the streets
Lie (K)young and old;
My (L)virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, (M)not sparing.
22 You called as in the day of an appointed feast
My (N)terrors on every side;
And there was (O)no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those (P)whom I [d]bore and reared,
My enemy annihilated them.
31 And (A)He came down to (B)Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; 32 and (C)they were amazed at His teaching, for (D)His [a]message was with authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man [b]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Let us alone! [c](E)What business do we have with each other, Jesus [d]of (F)Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—(G)the Holy One of God!” 35 But Jesus (H)rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm. 36 And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is [e]this message? For (I)with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.” 37 And (J)the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.
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