Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [c](A)pants for You, O God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go along with the throng and [e]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of (I)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 (J)Why are you [f](K)in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become (L)disturbed within me?
[g](M)Hope in God, for I shall [h]again praise [i]Him
For the [j](N)help of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is [k]in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the [l]peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 The Lord will (S)command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (T)in the night,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go (W)mourning [m]because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you [n]in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
[o]Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The [p]help of my countenance and my God.
Blessing after Discipline
17 Is it not yet just a little while
[a]Before Lebanon will be turned into a (A)fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
18 On that day the (B)deaf will hear (C)words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the (D)eyes of the blind will see.
19 The (E)afflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord,
And the (F)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the (G)ruthless will come to an end and the (H)scorner will be finished,
Indeed (I)all who [b]are intent on doing evil will be cut off;
21 Who [c]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And (J)ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,
And [d](K)defraud the one in the right with [e]meaningless arguments.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed (L)Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob (M)shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;
23 But when [f]he sees his (N)children, the (O)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will (P)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 “Those who (Q)err in [g]mind will (R)know [h]the truth,
And those who [i]criticize will [j](S)accept instruction.
12 [a]At the hands of the apostles many (A)signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in (B)Solomon’s portico. 13 But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, (C)the people held them in high esteem. 14 And all the more (D)believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly (E)added to their number, 15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by (F)at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. 16 Also the [b]people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick [c]or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
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