Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prayer for Help in Trouble.
[a]Maskil of David, when he was [b]in the cave. A Prayer.
142 I (A)cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I (B)make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
2 I (C)pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my (D)trouble before Him.
3 When (E)my spirit [c]was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have (F)hidden a trap for me.
4 Look to the right and see;
For there is (G)no one who regards me;
[d]There is no (H)escape for me;
(I)No one cares for my soul.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are (J)my refuge,
My (K)portion in the (L)land of the living.
6 “(M)Give heed to my cry,
For I am (N)brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are too (O)strong for me.
7 “(P)Bring my soul out of prison,
So that I may give thanks to Your name;
The righteous will surround me,
For You will (Q)deal bountifully with me.”
12 “Woe to him who (A)builds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with [a]violence!
13 “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples (B)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 “For the earth will be (C)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
15 “Woe to you who make [b]your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
16 “You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself (D)drink and [c]expose your own nakedness.
The (E)cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And (F)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
17 “For the (G)violence [d]done to Lebanon will [e]overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts [f]by which you terrified them,
(H)Because of human bloodshed and (I)violence [g]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.
18 “What (J)profit is the [h]idol when its maker has carved it,
Or [i]an image, a (K)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker (L)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
19 “Woe to him who (M)says to a piece of wood, ‘(N)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (O)gold and silver,
And there is (P)no breath at all inside it.
20 “But the (Q)Lord is in His holy temple.
[j]Let all the earth (R)be silent before Him.”
9 I wrote you in my letter (A)not to associate with immoral people; 10 I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with (B)idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. 11 But [a]actually, I wrote to you not to associate [b]with any so-called (C)brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or (D)an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging (E)outsiders? (F)Do you not judge those who are within the church? 13 But those who are outside, God [c]judges. (G)Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.