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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 38:1-13

Jeremiah Thrown Into a Cistern

38 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur(A), Jehukal[a](B) son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, 2 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague,(C) but whoever goes over to the Babylonians[b] will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.’(D) 3 And this is what the Lord says: ‘This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’”(E)

4 Then the officials(F) said to the king, “This man should be put to death.(G) He is discouraging(H) the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

5 “He is in your hands,”(I) King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing(J) to oppose you.”

6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard.(K) They lowered Jeremiah by ropes(L) into the cistern; it had no water in it,(M) only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.(N)

7 But Ebed-Melek,(O) a Cushite,[c] an official[d](P) in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,(Q) 8 Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, 9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,(R) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread(S) in the city.”

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

11 So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes(T) to Jeremiah in the cistern. 12 Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so, 13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(U)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:1 Hebrew Jukal, a variant of Jehukal
  2. Jeremiah 38:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 18, 19 and 23
  3. Jeremiah 38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region
  4. Jeremiah 38:7 Or a eunuch

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 38:1 : S 1Ch 9:12
  2. Jeremiah 38:1 : Jer 37:3
  3. Jeremiah 38:2 : Jer 34:17
  4. Jeremiah 38:2 : ver 17; S Jer 21:9; 39:18; 45:5
  5. Jeremiah 38:3 : S Jer 21:4, 10
  6. Jeremiah 38:4 : S Jer 36:12
  7. Jeremiah 38:4 : S Jer 11:21
  8. Jeremiah 38:4 : S 1Sa 17:32
  9. Jeremiah 38:5 : S Jer 26:14
  10. Jeremiah 38:5 : 1Sa 15:24
  11. Jeremiah 38:6 : S Jer 37:21
  12. Jeremiah 38:6 : S Jos 2:15
  13. Jeremiah 38:6 : S Ge 37:24
  14. Jeremiah 38:6 : S Job 30:19; La 3:53
  15. Jeremiah 38:7 : Jer 39:16
  16. Jeremiah 38:7 : fn Isa 56:3-5; Ac 8:27
  17. Jeremiah 38:7 : S Job 29:7
  18. Jeremiah 38:9 : S Ge 37:20
  19. Jeremiah 38:9 : S Jer 37:21
  20. Jeremiah 38:11 : S Jos 2:15
  21. Jeremiah 38:13 : S Jer 37:21
Matthew 10:5-23

5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.(A) 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.(B) 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven(C) has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts(D)— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.(E) 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting.(F) 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.(G) 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah(H) on the day of judgment(I) than for that town.(J)

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(K) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(L) 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils(M) and be flogged in the synagogues.(N) 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(O) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(P) At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(Q) speaking through you.

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(R) and have them put to death.(S) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(T) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(U) 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.(V)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:8 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

Cross references

  1. Matthew 10:5 : 1Ki 16:24; 2Ki 17:24; Lk 9:52; 10:33; 17:16; Jn 4:4-26, 39, 40; 8:48; Ac 8:5, 25
  2. Matthew 10:6 : Jer 50:6; Mt 15:24
  3. Matthew 10:7 : S Mt 3:2
  4. Matthew 10:9 : Lk 22:35
  5. Matthew 10:10 : S 1Ti 5:18
  6. Matthew 10:12 : 1Sa 25:6
  7. Matthew 10:14 : Ne 5:13; Mk 6:11; Lk 9:5; 10:11; Ac 13:51; 18:6
  8. Matthew 10:15 : Ge 18:20; 19:24; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 7
  9. Matthew 10:15 : Mt 12:36; Ac 17:31; 2Pe 2:9; 3:7; 1Jn 4:17; Jude 6
  10. Matthew 10:15 : Mt 11:22, 24
  11. Matthew 10:16 : Lk 10:3; Ac 20:29
  12. Matthew 10:16 : S 1Co 14:20
  13. Matthew 10:17 : S Mt 5:22
  14. Matthew 10:17 : Mt 23:34; Mk 13:9; Ac 5:40; 22:19; 26:11
  15. Matthew 10:18 : Ac 25:24-26
  16. Matthew 10:19 : Ex 4:12
  17. Matthew 10:20 : Lk 12:11, 12; Ac 4:8
  18. Matthew 10:21 : ver 35, 36; Mic 7:6
  19. Matthew 10:21 : Mk 13:12
  20. Matthew 10:22 : S Jn 15:21
  21. Matthew 10:22 : Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13; Lk 21:19; Rev 2:10
  22. Matthew 10:23 : S Lk 17:30
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