Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 6[a]
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style;[b] a psalm of David.
6 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger.
Do not discipline me in your raging fury.[c]
2 Have mercy on me,[d] Lord, for I am frail.
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking.[e]
3 I am absolutely terrified,[f]
and you, Lord—how long will this continue?[g]
4 Relent, Lord, rescue me![h]
Deliver me because of your faithfulness.[i]
5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death.[j]
In Sheol who gives you thanks?[k]
6 I am exhausted as I groan.
All night long I drench my bed in tears;[l]
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.[m]
7 My eyes[n] grow dim[o] from suffering;
they grow weak[p] because of all my enemies.[q]
8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,[r]
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.[s]
9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted[t] my prayer.
10 They will be humiliated[u] and absolutely terrified.[v]
All my enemies will turn back and be suddenly humiliated.
15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman[a] came and stood before him. He said, “For sure[b] I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.” 16 But Elisha[c] replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve),[d] I will take nothing from you.” Naaman[e] insisted that he take it, but he refused. 17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry,[f] for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord.[g] 18 May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”[h] 19 Elisha[i] said to him, “Go in peace.”
When he had gone a short distance,[j]
A Riot in Ephesus
21 Now after all these things had taken place,[a] Paul resolved[b] to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia[c] and Achaia.[d] He said,[e] “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”[f] 22 So after sending[g] two of his assistants,[h] Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia,[i] he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.[j]
23 At[k] that time[l] a great disturbance[m] took place concerning the Way.[n] 24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines[o] of Artemis,[p] brought a great deal[q] of business[r] to the craftsmen. 25 He gathered[s] these[t] together, along with the workmen in similar trades,[u] and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity[v] comes from this business. 26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded[w] and turned away[x] a large crowd,[y] not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia,[z] by saying[aa] that gods made by hands are not gods at all.[ab] 27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute,[ac] but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis[ad] will be regarded as nothing,[ae] and she whom all the province of Asia[af] and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”[ag]
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