Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy
19 Remember my misery and my homelessness, the (A)wormwood and [a]bitterness.
20 (B)My soul certainly remembers,
And [b]is (C)bent over within me.
21 I recall this to my mind,
Therefore I [c](D)wait.
22 [d]The Lord’s (E)acts of mercy indeed do not end,
(F)For His compassions do not fail.
23 They are new (G)every morning;
Great is (H)Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (I)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I [e](J)wait for Him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who [f](K)await Him,
To the [g]person who (L)seeks Him.
26 It is good that he (M)waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.
7 In the days of her affliction and homelessness
(A)Jerusalem remembers all her treasures
That were hers since the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And (B)no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her,
They (C)laughed at her [a]ruin.
8 Jerusalem sinned (D)greatly,
Therefore (E)she has become an [b]object of ridicule.
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Even (F)she herself groans and turns away.
9 Her (G)uncleanness was in her garment’s seams;
She [c]did not think of her (H)future.
So she has [d](I)fallen in an astonishing way;
(J)She has no comforter.
“(K)See, Lord, my affliction,
For the enemy has [e](L)honored himself!”
10 The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the (M)nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they were (N)not to enter Your congregation.
11 All her people groan, (O)seeking bread;
They have given their treasures for food
To (P)restore their [f]lives.
“See, Lord, and look,
For I am (Q)despised.”
12 “Is it (R)nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain
Which was inflicted on me,
With which the (S)Lord tormented me on the day of His (T)fierce anger.
13 From [g]the height He sent fire into my (U)bones,
And it dominated them.
He has spread a (V)net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me (W)desolate,
[h]Faint all day long.
14 The (X)yoke of my wrongdoings is bound;
By His hand they are woven together.
They have (Y)come upon my neck;
He has made my strength [i]fail.
The Lord (Z)has handed me over
To those against whom I am not able to stand.
15 The (AA)Lord has thrown away all my strong men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed [j]time against me
To crush my (AB)young men;
The Lord has (AC)trodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.
Sight for Those Who Are Blind
29 (A)As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. 30 And two people who were blind, sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, (B)have mercy on us, (C)Son of David!” 31 But the crowd sternly warned them to be quiet; yet they cried out all the more, “Lord, (D)Son of David, have mercy on us!” 32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” 33 They *said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.” 34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
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