Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
My Help Comes from the Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
121 I (B)lift up my eyes to (C)the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 (D)My help comes from the Lord,
who (E)made heaven and earth.
3 He will not (F)let your foot be moved;
he who (G)keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
4 (A)“Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
(B)for a law[a] will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 (C)My righteousness draws near,
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples;
(D)the coastlands hope for me,
and for my arm they wait.
6 (E)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
(F)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[b]
(G)but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
7 (H)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people (I)in whose heart is my law;
(J)fear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.
8 (K)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool,
(L)but my righteousness will be forever,
and my salvation to all generations.”
Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant
7 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, (A)he entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a servant[a] who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. 3 When the centurion[b] heard about Jesus, (B)he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, (C)“He is worthy to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us (D)our synagogue.” 6 And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, (E)do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. 7 Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But (F)say the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard these things, (G)he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such (H)faith.” 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.