Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
2 You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, (D)you know it altogether.
5 You (E)hem me in, behind and before,
and (F)lay your hand upon me.
6 (G)Such knowledge is (H)too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
13 For you (A)formed my inward parts;
you (B)knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
(C)Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 (D)My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in (E)the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your (F)book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Jeremiah's Complaint
10 (A)Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! (B)I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11 The Lord said, “Have I not[a] set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? 12 Can one break iron, iron (C)from the north, and bronze?
13 (D)“Your wealth and your treasures I will give as (E)spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. 14 I will make you serve your enemies (F)in a land that you do not know, (G)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
15 (H)O Lord, you know;
(I)remember me and visit me,
(J)(K)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
(L)know that (M)for your sake I bear reproach.
16 Your words were found, (N)and I ate them,
and (O)your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
(P)for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.
17 (Q)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
nor did I rejoice;
(R)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unceasing,
(S)my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (T)like a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?
19 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(U)“If you return, I will restore you,
and you shall (V)stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
but you shall not turn to them.
20 (W)And I will make you to this people
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
(X)but they shall not prevail over you,
(Y)for I am with you
to save you and deliver you,
declares the Lord.
21 (Z)I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and redeem you from the grasp of (AA)the ruthless.”
25 I have thought it necessary to send to you (A)Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and (B)fellow soldier, and your messenger and (C)minister to my need, 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. 29 So (D)receive him in the Lord with all joy, and (E)honor such men, 30 for he nearly died[a] (F)for the work of Christ, risking his life (G)to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.