Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine [a]eye, my soul and my belly are consumed with grief.
10 For my life is wasted with heaviness, and my years with mourning: my strength faileth for my pain, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a [b]reproach among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbors: and a fear to mine acquaintance, [c]who seeing me in the street, fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the railing of [d]great men: fear was on every side, while they conspired together against me, and consulted to take my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, [e]Thou art my God.
15 My [f]times are in thine hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and save me through thy mercy.
9 For this is unto me as the [a]waters of Noah; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
10 [a]For it became [b]him, for whom are all these things, and by whom are all these things, [c]seeing that he brought many children unto glory, [d]that he should consecrate the [e]Prince of their salvation through afflictions.
11 [f]For he that [g]sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of [h]one: wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 [i]Saying, (A)I will declare thy Name unto my brethren: in the midst of the Church will I sing praises to thee.
13 [j]And again, (B)I will put my [k]trust in him. And again, (C)[l]Behold, here am I, and the children which God hath given me.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are [m]partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them, that he might destroy (D)through death, him that had the [n]power of death, that is, the [o]devil,
15 And that he might deliver all them, which for fear of [p]death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 [q]For he in no sort took on him the [r]Angels’ nature, but he took on him the [s]seed of Abraham.
17 [t]Wherefore in [u]all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be [v]merciful, and a [w]faithful high Priest in things concerning God, that he might make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he suffered, and was [x]tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.
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