Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.
A Psalm of David, for a memorial.
38 O Lord, (A)rebuke me not in Your wrath,
And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
2 For Your (B)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And (C)Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 There is (D)no soundness in my flesh (E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health (F)in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My [a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of (H)my folly.
6 I am bent over and (I)greatly bowed down;
I (J)go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with (K)burning,
And there is (L)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am (M)benumbed and [b]badly crushed;
I [c](N)groan because of the [d]agitation of my heart.
9 Lord, all (O)my desire is [e]before You;
And my (P)sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, (Q)my strength fails me;
And the (R)light of my eyes, even [f]that [g]has gone from me.
11 My [h](S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (T)stand afar off.
12 Those who (U)seek my life (V)lay snares for me;
And those who (W)seek to injure me have [i]threatened destruction,
And they (X)devise treachery all day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a (Y)mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
15 For (Z)I [j]hope in You, O Lord;
You (AA)will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, (AB)would magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am (AC)ready to fall,
And (AD)my [k]sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I [l](AE)confess my iniquity;
I am full of (AF)anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my (AG)enemies are vigorous and [m]strong,
And many are those who (AH)hate me wrongfully.
20 And those who (AI)repay evil for good,
They (AJ)oppose me, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, (AK)do not be far from me!
22 Make (AL)haste to help me,
O Lord, (AM)my salvation!
God Is Gracious and Just
18 Therefore the Lord [a](A)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He [b]waits on (B)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a (C)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who [c](D)long for Him.
19 [d]O people in Zion, (E)inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will (F)weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will (G)answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you (H)bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer (I)hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. 21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, “[e]This is the (J)way, walk in it,” whenever you (K)turn to the right or to the left. 22 And you will defile your graven (L)images overlaid with silver, and your molten (M)images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to [f]them, “(N)Be gone!”
23 Then He will (O)give you rain for [g]the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be [h]rich and [i]plenteous; on that day (P)your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture. 24 Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which [j]has been (Q)winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 On every lofty mountain and on (R)every high hill there will be [k]streams running with water on the day of the great (S)slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 (T)The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day (U)the Lord binds up the (V)fracture of His people and (W)heals the bruise [l]He has inflicted.
8 At (A)Lystra (B)a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, (C)when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had (D)faith to be [a]made well, 10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” (E)And he leaped up and began to walk. 11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the (F)Lycaonian language, “(G)The gods have become like men and have come down to us.” 12 And they began calling Barnabas, [b]Zeus, and Paul, [c]Hermes, because he was [d]the chief speaker. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was [e]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and (H)wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when (I)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they (J)tore their [f]robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also (K)men of the same nature as you, and (L)preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these [g](M)vain things to a (N)living God, (O)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 [h]In the generations gone by He (P)permitted all the [i]nations to (Q)go their own ways; 17 and yet (R)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and (S)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, [j]satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” 18 Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
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