Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(A)I am in distress;
My ^(B)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(C)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(D)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(E)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(F)my ^[a]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(G)reproach,
Especially to my ^(H)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(I)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[b](J)slander of many,
^(K)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(L)took counsel together against me,
They ^(M)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “^(N)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(O)times are in Your hand;
^(P)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(Q)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(R)Save me in Your lovingkindness.

⁵⁵ I ^(A)called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
⁵⁶ You have ^(B)heard my voice,
“^(C)Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
⁵⁷ You ^(D)drew near when I called on You;
You said, “^(E)Do not fear!”
⁵⁸ O Lord, You ^(F)have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have ^(G)redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ O Lord, You have ^(H)seen my oppression;
^(I)Judge my case.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
All their ^(J)schemes against me.
⁶¹ You have heard their ^(K)reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me.
⁶² The ^(L)lips of my assailants and their whispering
Are against me all day long.
⁶³ Look on their ^(M)sitting and their rising;
^(N)I am their mocking song.
⁶⁴ You will ^(O)recompense them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ You will give them ^[a](P)hardness of heart,
Your curse will be on them.
⁶⁶ You will ^(Q)pursue them in anger and destroy them
From under the ^(R)heavens of the Lord!