Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^(A)in distress;
    ^(B)my eye is wasted from grief;
    my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow,
    and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
    and ^(C)my bones waste away.

¹¹ Because of all my adversaries I have become ^(D)a reproach,
    especially to my ^(E)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street ^(F)flee from me.
¹² I have been ^(G)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like ^(H)a broken vessel.
¹³ For I ^(I)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
^(J)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴ But I ^(K)trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(L)times are in your hand;
    ^(M)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
^16 (N)Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!

^55 (A)“I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
^56 (B)you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
    your ear to my cry for help!’
^57 (C)You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ^(D)‘Do not fear!’

⁵⁸ “You have ^(E)taken up my cause, ^(F)O Lord;
    you have ^(G)redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ You have seen the wrong done to me, ^(H)O Lord;
    judge my cause.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
    all ^(I)their plots against me.

^61 (J)“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
    all ^(K)their plots against me.
⁶² The lips and thoughts ^(L)of my assailants
    are against me all the day long.
^63 (M)Behold their sitting and their rising;
    ^(N)I am the object of their taunts.

^64 (O)“You will repay them,^[a] O Lord,
    ^(P)according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ You will give them^[b] dullness of heart;
    your curse will be^[c] on them.
⁶⁶ You will pursue them^[d] in anger and ^(Q)destroy them
    from under ^(R)your heavens, O Lord.”^[e]