Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
31 (A)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never (B)be [a]put to shame;
(C)In Your righteousness rescue me.
2 (D)Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be a (E)rock of [b]strength for me,
A [c]stronghold to save me.
3 For You are my rock and (F)my fortress;
For the (G)sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me.
4 You will (H)pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my (I)strength.
5 (J)Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;
You have (K)redeemed me, Lord, (L)God of [d]truth.
20 Indeed, there was also a man who used to prophesy in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from (A)Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah. 21 When King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard his words, then the (B)king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard about it, and he was afraid, so he (C)fled and went to Egypt. 22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: (D)Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him, to Egypt. 23 And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who (E)killed him with a sword and threw his dead body into the [a]burial place of the [b]common people.
24 But the hand of (F)Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was (G)not handed over to the people to put him to death.
48 (A)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a (B)Samaritan, and You (C)have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not (D)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 But (E)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. 51 Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone (F)follows My word, he will never (G)see death.” 52 (H)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You (I)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone (J)follows My word, he will never (K)taste of death.’ 53 You (L)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “(M)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; (N)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; 55 and (O)you have not come to know Him, (P)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be (Q)a liar like you; (R)but I do know Him, and I (S)follow His word. 56 (T)Your father Abraham was (U)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” 57 (V)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham [a]was born, [b](W)I am.” 59 Therefore they (X)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus (Y)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.
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