Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK 2
My Soul Thirsts for God
For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [c](A)pants for You, O God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go along with the throng and [e]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the sound of a (I)shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 (J)Why are you [f](K)in despair, O my soul?
And why are you (L)disturbed within me?
(M)Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
[g]For the [h](N)salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is [i]in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the [j]peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 By day, Yahweh will (S)command His lovingkindness;
And (T)by night, His song will be with me,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.
9 I say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go (W)mourning [k]because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you [l]in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
The salvation of my presence and my God.
The Afflicted Will Rejoice
17 Is it not yet just a little while
[a]Before Lebanon will be turned into a (A)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard will be counted as a forest?
18 On that day the (B)deaf will hear (C)words of a book,
And out of [b]darkness and thick darkness the (D)eyes of the blind will see.
19 The (E)afflicted also will increase their gladness in Yahweh,
And the (F)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the (G)ruthless will come to an end and the (H)scoffer will be finished,
Indeed (I)all who are watching out to do evil will be cut off;
21 Who [c]cause a person to sin by a word,
And (J)ensnare him who reproves at the gate,
And [d](K)defraud the one in the right with [e]meaningless arguments.
22 Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed (L)Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob (M)shall not now be ashamed, and now his face shall not turn pale;
23 But when [f]he sees his (N)children, the (O)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will (P)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
And will stand trembling before the God of Israel.
24 Those who (Q)err in spirit will (R)know discernment,
And those who [g]criticize will [h](S)gain learning.
12 Now [a]at the hands of the apostles many (A)signs and wonders were happening among the people, and they were all with one accord in (B)Solomon’s Portico. 13 But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, (C)the people were holding them in high esteem. 14 And more than ever (D)believers in the Lord were (E)added to their number, multitudes of men and women, 15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that when Peter came by (F)at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. 16 Also the multitude from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick [b]or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
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