Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prayer for Help in Trouble.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
13 How long, Lord? Will You (A)forget me forever?
How long (B)will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long am I to (C)feel anxious in my soul,
With (D)grief in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
18 Who is a God like You, who (A)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the (B)remnant of His [a]possession?
He does not (C)retain His anger forever,
Because He (D)delights in mercy.
19 He will again take pity on us;
(E)He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will (F)cast all [b]their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give [c](G)truth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You (H)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.
2 Look! I, (A)Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves (B)circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I (C)testify again to every man who has himself (D)circumcised, that he is obligated to (E)keep the whole Law. 4 You have been severed from Christ, you who [a]are seeking to be justified by the [b]Law; you have (F)fallen from grace. 5 For we, [c]through the Spirit, [d]by faith, are (G)waiting for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in (H)Christ Jesus (I)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but (J)faith working through love.
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