Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

¹³ As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

¹⁵ Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

¹⁶ For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.

¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

²¹ Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

²² Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

6 But Job answered, and said:

² O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance.

³ As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow:

⁴ For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.

⁵ Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?

⁶ Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?

⁷ The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.

⁸ Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?

⁹ And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

¹⁰ And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy One.

¹¹ For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?

¹² My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.

¹³ Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.

⁷ But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea,

⁸ And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.

⁹ And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰ For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

¹¹ And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying:

¹² Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.