Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
5 Surely (A)wait in silence for God, O my soul,
For my hope is from Him.
6 Surely He is (B)my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God my (C)salvation and my glory rest;
The rock of my strength, my (D)refuge is in God.
8 (E)Trust in Him at all times, O people;
(F)Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Jeremiah Curses the Day He Was Born
7 O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed;
You were (A)stronger than I, and You prevailed.
I have become a (B)laughingstock all day long;
Everyone (C)mocks me.
8 For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I (D)call out violence and devastation
Because for me the (E)word of Yahweh has [a]resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not (F)remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in (G)my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And (H)I cannot prevail.
10 For (I)I have heard the bad report of many,
“(J)Terror on every side!
(K)Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
[b]All my (L)trusted friends,
Keeping watch for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be [c]deceived, so that we may (M)prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
11 But (N)Yahweh is with me like a ruthless mighty one;
Therefore my (O)persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have not prospered,
With an (P)everlasting dishonor that will not be forgotten.
12 Yet, O Yahweh of hosts, You who (Q)test the righteous,
Who see the [d]mind and the heart;
Let me (R)see Your vengeance on them,
For (S)to You I have revealed my cause.
13 (T)Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
For He has (U)delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
The Day of the Lord Will Come
3 This is now, (A)beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am (B)stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 that you should (C)remember the words spoken beforehand by (D)the holy prophets and (E)the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles, 3 (F)knowing this first of all, that (G)in the last days (H)mockers will come with their mocking, (I)following after their own lusts, 4 and saying, “(J)Where is the promise of His (K)coming? For since the fathers (L)fell asleep, all continues just as it was (M)from the beginning of creation.” 5 For [a]when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that (N)by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was (O)formed out of water and by water, 6 through which (P)the world at that time was (Q)destroyed, being deluged with water. 7 But by His word (R)the present heavens and earth are being reserved for (S)fire, being kept for (T)the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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