Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ For ^(A)Your name’s sake, O Yahweh,
^(B)Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

¹² Who is the man who ^(C)fears Yahweh?
He will ^(D)instruct him in the way he should choose.

¹³ His soul will ^(E)abide in goodness,
And his seed will ^(F)inherit the ^[a]land.

¹⁴ The ^[b](G)secret of Yahweh is for those who fear Him,
^[c]And He will ^(H)make them know His covenant.

¹⁵ My ^(I)eyes are continually toward Yahweh,
For He will ^(J)bring my feet out of the net.

^16 (K)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am ^(L)alone and afflicted.

^17 [d]The ^(M)troubles of my heart are enlarged;
Bring me ^(N)out of my distresses.

^18 (O)See my affliction and my ^[e]trouble,
And ^(P)forgive all my sins.

¹⁹ See my enemies, for they ^(Q)are many,
And they ^(R)hate me with violent hatred.

^20 (S)Keep my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me ^(T)be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.

24 “^(A)Why are ^[a]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not behold ^(B)His days?
^2 [b]Some ^(C)move the boundaries;
They seize and ^[c]devour flocks.
³ They drive away the donkeys of the ^(D)orphans;
They take the ^(E)widow’s ox for a pledge.
⁴ They push ^(F)the needy aside from the road;
The ^(G)afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
⁵ Behold, as ^(H)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They ^(I)go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,
The desert becomes ^[d]for him a place of bread for his young ones.
⁶ They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
^7 (J)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
⁸ They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.