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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 6

Psalm 6[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me,(B) Lord, for I am faint;(C)
    heal me,(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.(E)
3 My soul is in deep anguish.(F)
    How long,(G) Lord, how long?

4 Turn,(H) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.(I)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?(J)

6 I am worn out(K) from my groaning.(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(M)
    and drench my couch with tears.(N)
7 My eyes grow weak(O) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

8 Away from me,(P) all you who do evil,(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.(T)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
  2. Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Cross references

  1. Psalm 6:1 : S Ps 2:5
  2. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 4:1; 26:11; Jer 3:12; 12:15; 31:20
  3. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 61:2; 77:3; 142:3; Isa 40:31; Jer 8:18; Eze 21:7
  4. Psalm 6:2 : S Nu 12:13
  5. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 22:14; 31:10; 32:3; 38:3; 42:10; 102:3
  6. Psalm 6:3 : S Job 7:11; Ps 31:7; 38:8; 55:4; S Jn 12:27; Ro 9:2; 2Co 2:4
  7. Psalm 6:3 : 1Sa 1:14; 1Ki 18:21; Ps 4:2; 89:46; Isa 6:11; Jer 4:14; Hab 1:2; Zec 1:12
  8. Psalm 6:4 : Ps 25:16; 31:2; 69:16; 71:2; 86:16; 88:2; 102:2; 119:132
  9. Psalm 6:4 : Ps 13:5; 31:16; 77:8; 85:7; 119:41; Isa 54:8, 10
  10. Psalm 6:5 : Ps 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Ecc 9:10; Isa 38:18
  11. Psalm 6:6 : S Jdg 8:5
  12. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 3:24; S 23:2; Ps 12:5; 77:3; 102:5; La 1:8, 11, 21, 22
  13. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 16:16
  14. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 7:3; Lk 7:38; Ac 20:19
  15. Psalm 6:7 : S Job 16:8; Ps 31:9; 69:3; 119:82; Isa 38:14
  16. Psalm 6:8 : Ps 119:115; 139:19
  17. Psalm 6:8 : Ps 5:5; S Mt 7:23
  18. Psalm 6:9 : Ps 28:6; 116:1
  19. Psalm 6:10 : S 2Ki 19:26
  20. Psalm 6:10 : Ps 40:14
Jeremiah 26:1-12

Jeremiah Threatened With Death

26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 “This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard(B) of the Lord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord.(C) Tell(D) them everything I command you; do not omit(E) a word. 3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn(F) from their evil ways. Then I will relent(G) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. 4 Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen(H) to me and follow my law,(I) which I have set before you, 5 and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened(J)), 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh(K) and this city a curse[a](L) among all the nations of the earth.’”

7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord. 8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded(M) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized(N) him and said, “You must die!(O) 9 Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”(P) And all the people crowded(Q) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 When the officials(R) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate(S) of the Lord’s house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death(T) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”(U)

12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials(V) and all the people: “The Lord sent me to prophesy(W) against this house and this city all the things you have heard.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:6 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 26:1 : 2Ki 23:36
  2. Jeremiah 26:2 : Jer 19:14
  3. Jeremiah 26:2 : S Jer 17:19
  4. Jeremiah 26:2 : S ver 12; S Jer 1:17; Mt 28:20; Ac 20:27
  5. Jeremiah 26:2 : Dt 4:2
  6. Jeremiah 26:3 : Dt 30:2; 2Ch 33:12-13; Isa 55:7; Jer 35:15; 36:7
  7. Jeremiah 26:3 : S Jer 18:8
  8. Jeremiah 26:4 : Lev 26:14; Jer 25:3
  9. Jeremiah 26:4 : Ex 20:1-23:33; S 1Ki 9:6; S Jer 11:8
  10. Jeremiah 26:5 : S Pr 1:24; S Isa 65:12; Jer 25:4; 44:5
  11. Jeremiah 26:6 : S Jos 18:1; S Jdg 18:31
  12. Jeremiah 26:6 : S Dt 28:25; S 2Ki 22:19
  13. Jeremiah 26:8 : Jer 43:1
  14. Jeremiah 26:8 : Ac 6:12; 21:27
  15. Jeremiah 26:8 : Lev 24:15-16; S Ne 9:26; S Jer 11:21
  16. Jeremiah 26:9 : S Lev 26:32; S Jer 9:11
  17. Jeremiah 26:9 : Ac 21:32
  18. Jeremiah 26:10 : ver 16; Jer 34:19; Eze 22:27
  19. Jeremiah 26:10 : S Ge 23:10
  20. Jeremiah 26:11 : Dt 18:20; S Jer 11:21; 18:23; Mt 26:66; Ac 6:11
  21. Jeremiah 26:11 : S Ps 44:1
  22. Jeremiah 26:12 : Jer 1:18
  23. Jeremiah 26:12 : S Isa 6:8; Am 7:15; Ac 4:18-20; 5:29
  24. Jeremiah 26:12 : S ver 2, 15
Revelation 2:8-11

To the Church in Smyrna

8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna(A) write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,(B) who died and came to life again.(C) 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(D) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(E) but are a synagogue of Satan.(F) 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,(G) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.(H) Be faithful,(I) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.(J)

11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(K) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(L)

Cross references

  1. Revelation 2:8 : Rev 1:11
  2. Revelation 2:8 : S Rev 1:17
  3. Revelation 2:8 : Rev 1:18
  4. Revelation 2:9 : 2Co 6:10; Jas 2:5
  5. Revelation 2:9 : Rev 3:9
  6. Revelation 2:9 : ver 13, 24; S Mt 4:10
  7. Revelation 2:10 : Rev 3:10
  8. Revelation 2:10 : Da 1:12, 14
  9. Revelation 2:10 : ver 13; Rev 17:14
  10. Revelation 2:10 : S Mt 10:22; S 1Co 9:25
  11. Revelation 2:11 : S ver 7
  12. Revelation 2:11 : Rev 20:6, 14; 21:8
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