Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 But You, O Lord, [a](A)abide forever,
And Your [b](B)name to all generations.
13 You will (C)arise and have (D)compassion on Zion;
For (E)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the (F)appointed time has come.
14 Surely Your servants [c]find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.
15 [d]So the [e](G)nations will fear the name of the Lord
And (H)all the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For the Lord has (I)built up Zion;
He has (J)appeared in His glory.
17 He has (K)regarded the prayer of the [f]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.
18 [g]This will be (L)written for the (M)generation to come,
[h]That (N)a people yet to be created [i]may praise [j]the Lord.
19 For He (O)looked down from His holy height;
(P)From heaven the Lord gazed [k]upon the earth,
20 To hear the (Q)groaning of the prisoner,
To (R)set free [l]those who were doomed to death,
21 That men may (S)tell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When (T)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has (U)shortened my days.
24 I say, “O my God, (V)do not take me away in the [m]midst of my days,
Your (W)years are throughout all generations.
25 “Of old You (X)founded the earth,
And the (Y)heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 “[n]Even they will (Z)perish, but You endure;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
27 “But You are [o](AA)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 “The (AB)children of Your servants will continue,
And their [p](AC)descendants will be established before You.”
Job’s Friends Are No Help
6 Then Job [a]answered,
2 “(A)Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
3 “For then it would be (B)heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 “For the (C)arrows of the Almighty are within me,
[b]Their (D)poison my spirit drinks;
The (E)terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 “Does the (F)wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the [c]white of an egg?
7 “My soul (G)refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.
8 “Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!
9 “Would that God were (H)willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
10 “But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I (I)have not [d]denied the words of the Holy One.
11 “What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should [e](J)endure?
12 “Is my strength the strength of stones,
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 “Is it that my (K)help is not within me,
And that [f](L)deliverance is driven from me?
7 (A)Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and (B)a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from (C)Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of (D)Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him. 9 (E)And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him; 10 for He had (F)healed many, with the result that all those who had (G)afflictions pressed around Him in order to (H)touch Him. 11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are (I)the Son of God!” 12 And He (J)earnestly warned them not to [a]tell who He was.
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