Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the choir director; with stringed instruments, [a]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
6 O Lord, (A)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am (B)pining away;
(C)Heal me, O Lord, for (D)my bones are dismayed.
3 And my (E)soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O Lord—(F)how long?
4 Return, O Lord, (G)rescue my [b]soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
5 For (H)there is no [c]mention of You in death;
In [d]Sheol who will give You thanks?
16 “And now (A)my soul is poured out [a]within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.
17 “At night it pierces (B)my bones [b]within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 “By a great force my garment is (C)distorted;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 “He has cast me into the (D)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 “I (E)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21 “You have [c]become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You (F)persecute me.
22 “You (G)lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
23 “For I know that You (H)will bring me to death
And to the (I)house of meeting for all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore (J)cry out for help?
25 “Have I not (K)wept for the [d]one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for (L)the needy?
26 “When I (M)expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, (N)then darkness came.
27 “[e]I am seething (O)within and cannot relax;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 “I go about [f](P)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and (Q)cry out for help.
29 “I have become a brother to (R)jackals
And a companion of ostriches.
30 “My (S)skin turns black [g]on me,
And my (T)bones burn with [h]fever.
31 “Therefore my (U)harp [i]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Healing a Nobleman’s Son
46 Therefore He came again to (A)Cana of Galilee (B)where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at (C)Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come (D)out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see [a](E)signs and (F)wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[b]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “(G)Go; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. 51 As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his [c]son was living. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [d]seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and (H)his whole household. 54 This is again a (I)second [e]sign that Jesus performed when He had (J)come out of Judea into Galilee.
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