Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Mem.
97 O how I (A)love Your law!
It is my (B)meditation all the day.
98 Your (C)commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are ever [a]mine.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my (D)meditation.
100 I understand (E)more than the aged,
Because I have (F)observed Your precepts.
101 I have (G)restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not (H)turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How (I)sweet are Your [b]words to my [c]taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Your precepts I (J)get understanding;
Therefore I (K)hate every false way.
15 Thus says the Lord,
“(A)A voice is heard in (B)Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She (C)refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because (D)they are no more.”
16 Thus says the Lord,
“(E)Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your (F)work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord,
“And they will (G)return from the land of the enemy.
17 “There is (H)hope for your future,” declares the Lord,
“And your children will return to their own territory.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim (I)grieving,
‘You have (J)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained (K)calf;
(L)Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
19 ‘For after I turned back, I (M)repented;
And after I was instructed, I (N)smote on my thigh;
I was (O)ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 “Is (P)Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My [a](Q)heart yearns for him;
I will surely (R)have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.
21 “Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
(S)Direct your [b]mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
(T)Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
22 “How long will you go here and there,
O (U)faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I (V)restore their [c]fortunes,
24 Judah and all its cities will (Y)dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. 25 (Z)For I satisfy the weary ones and [d]refresh everyone who languishes.” 26 At this I (AA)awoke and looked, and my (AB)sleep was pleasant to me.
Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46 (A)Then they *came to Jericho. And (B)as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the (C)Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, (D)Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “(E)Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they *called the blind man, saying to him, “(F)Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.” 50 Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. 51 And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “[a](G)Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go; (H)your faith has [b]made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.
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