Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
5 My soul, (A)wait in silence for God alone,
For my hope is from Him.
6 He alone is (B)my rock and my salvation,
My refuge; I will not be shaken.
7 My (C)salvation and my glory rest on God;
The rock of my strength, my (D)refuge is in God.
8 (E)Trust in Him at all times, you people;
(F)Pour out your hearts before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7 Lord, You persuaded me and I let myself be persuaded;
You have (A)overcome me and 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)proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the (E)word of the Lord has [a]resulted
In taunting and derision all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not (F)remember Him
Nor speak anymore in His name,”
Then in (G)my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am tired of holding it in,
And (H)I cannot endure it.
10 For (I)I have heard the whispering of many,
“(J)Terror on every side!
(K)Denounce him; let’s denounce him!”
[b]All my (L)trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may (M)prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
11 But the (N)Lord is with me like a powerful champion;
Therefore my (O)persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be put to great shame because they have [c]failed,
An (P)everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
12 Yet, Lord of armies, who (Q)tests the righteous,
Who sees the [d]mind and the heart;
Let me (R)see Your vengeance on them,
For (S)to You I have disclosed my cause.
13 (T)Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord!
For He has (U)saved the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
Purpose of This Letter
3 (A)Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you in which I am (B)stirring up your sincere mind by way of a reminder, 2 to (C)remember the words spoken beforehand by (D)the holy prophets and (E)the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.
The Coming Day of the Lord
3 (F)Know 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 ever since the fathers [a](L)fell asleep, all things continue just as they were (M)from the beginning of creation.” 5 For [b]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 by being flooded with water. 7 But by His word (R)the present heavens and earth are being reserved for (S)fire, kept for (T)the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.
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