Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 “(A)Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify [a]against you;
I am God, (B)your God.
8 I do (C)not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 I shall take no (D)young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
10 For (E)every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every (F)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is [b]Mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (G)world is Mine, as well as its fullness.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of [c](H)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer to God (I)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (J)pay your vows to the Most High;
15 (K)Call upon Me in the day of distress;
I shall (L)rescue you, and you will (M)glorify Me.”
Nun
40 Let us (A)search out and examine our ways,
And let us return to Yahweh.
41 We (B)lift up our heart to our hands
Toward God in heaven;
42 We have (C)transgressed and rebelled;
You have (D)not pardoned.
Samekh
43 You have covered Yourself with (E)anger
And (F)pursued us;
You have killed and (G)have not spared.
44 You have (H)covered Yourself with a cloud
So that (I)no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us mere (J)scum and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
Pe
46 All our enemies have (K)opened their mouths against us.
47 (L)Panic and pitfall have befallen us,
Devastation and destruction;
48 My [a](M)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ayin
49 My eyes pour down (N)unceasingly,
Without stopping,
50 Until Yahweh (O)looks down
And sees from heaven.
51 My eyes deal severely with my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Tsadhe
52 My enemies (P)without cause
Hunted me down (Q)like a bird;
53 They have silenced my life (R)in the pit
And have [b](S)placed a stone on me.
54 Waters flowed (T)over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”
Qoph
55 I (U)called on Your name, O Yahweh,
Out of the lowest pit.
56 You have (V)heard my voice,
“(W)Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
57 You (X)drew near when I called on You;
You said, “(Y)Do not fear!”
Resh
On the Island of Malta
28 And when (A)they had been brought safely through to shore, (B)then we learned that (C)the island was called [a]Malta. 2 (D)And the [b]natives showed us extraordinary affection; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and (E)received us all. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out [c]because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. 4 And when (F)the [d]natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “(G)Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, [e]Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 However (H)he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 But they were waiting for him to soon swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, changing their minds, they (I)began to say that he was a god.
7 Now in the areas around that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us courteously three days. 8 And it happened that the father of Publius was lying afflicted with fever and dysentery; and Paul, going to see him and having (J)prayed, (K)laid his hands on him and healed him. 9 And after this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and being healed. 10 They also bestowed on us many honors of respect; and when we were setting sail, they [f]supplied us with [g]all we needed.
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