Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(A)I am in distress;
My ^(B)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(C)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(D)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(E)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(F)my ^[a]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(G)reproach,
Especially to my ^(H)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(I)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[b](J)slander of many,
^(K)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(L)took counsel together against me,
They ^(M)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “^(N)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(O)times are in Your hand;
^(P)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(Q)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(R)Save me in Your lovingkindness.

⁹ “For ^[a]this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would ^(A)not ^[b]flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will ^(B)not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.
¹⁰ “For the ^(C)mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My ^(D)covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says ^(E)the Lord who has compassion on you.