Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ When I kept silent,^(D)
    my bones wasted away^(E)
    through my groaning^(F) all day long.
⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(G) on me;
my strength was sapped^(H)
    as in the heat of summer.^[b]

⁵ Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.^(I)
I said, “I will confess^(J)
    my transgressions^(K) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.^(L)

⁶ Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;^(M)
surely the rising^(N) of the mighty waters^(O)
    will not reach them.^(P)
7 You are my hiding place;^(Q)
    you will protect me from trouble^(R)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.^(S)

²¹ “Submit to God and be at peace^(A) with him;^(B)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.^(C)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth^(D)
    and lay up his words^(E) in your heart.^(F)
23 If you return^(G) to the Almighty, you will be restored:^(H)
    If you remove wickedness far from your tent^(I)
24 and assign your nuggets^(J) to the dust,
    your gold^(K) of Ophir^(L) to the rocks in the ravines,^(M)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,^(N)
    the choicest silver for you.^(O)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty^(P)
    and will lift up your face^(Q) to God.^(R)
27 You will pray to him,^(S) and he will hear you,^(T)
    and you will fulfill your vows.^(U)
28 What you decide on will be done,^(V)
    and light^(W) will shine on your ways.^(X)
29 When people are brought low^(Y) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.^(Z)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,^(AA)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”^(AB)

² “Even today my complaint^(AC) is bitter;^(AD)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(AE)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(AF)
4 I would state my case^(AG) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(AH)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,^(AI)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me?^(AJ)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(AK)
7 There the upright^(AL) can establish their innocence before him,^(AM)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(AN)

⁸ “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.
⁹ When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.^(AO)
10 But he knows the way that I take;^(AP)
    when he has tested me,^(AQ) I will come forth as gold.^(AR)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;^(AS)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.^(AT)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;^(AU)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.^(AV)

¹³ “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?^(AW)
    He does whatever he pleases.^(AX)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
    and many such plans he still has in store.^(AY)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;^(AZ)
    when I think of all this, I fear him.^(BA)
16 God has made my heart faint;^(BB)
    the Almighty^(BC) has terrified me.^(BD)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,^(BE)
    by the thick darkness that covers my face.