Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
8 Praise[a] our God, you nations.
Loudly proclaim his praise.[b]
9 He preserves our lives[c]
and does not allow our feet to slip.
10 For[d] you, O God, tested us;
you purified us like refined silver.
11 You led us into a trap;[e]
you caused us to suffer.[f]
12 You allowed men to ride over our heads;
we passed through fire and water,
but you brought us out into a wide open place.[g]
13 I will enter[h] your temple with burnt sacrifices;
I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
14 which my lips uttered
and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,
along with the smell of sacrificial rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
16 Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God.[i]
I will declare what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him for help[j]
and praised him with my tongue.[k]
18 If I had harbored sin in my heart,[l]
the Lord would not have listened.
19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
20 God deserves praise,[m]
for[n] he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me.[o]
5 But the Lord saw[a] that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination[b] of the thoughts[c] of their minds[d] was only evil[e] all the time.[f] 6 The Lord regretted[g] that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.[h] 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—everything from humankind to animals,[i] including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”
8 But[j] Noah found favor[k] in the sight of[l] the Lord.
The Judgment of the Flood
9 This is the account of Noah.[m]
Noah was a godly man; he was blameless[n] among his contemporaries.[o] He[p] walked with[q] God. 10 Noah had[r] three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth was ruined[s] in the sight of[t] God; the earth was filled with violence.[u] 12 God saw the earth, and indeed[v] it was ruined,[w] for all living creatures[x] on the earth were sinful.[y] 13 So God said[z] to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die,[aa] for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy[ab] them and the earth. 14 Make[ac] for yourself an ark of cypress[ad] wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover[ae] it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[af] 16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches[ag] from the top.[ah] Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. 17 I am about to bring[ai] floodwaters[aj] on the earth to destroy[ak] from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them.[al] Everything that is on the earth will die, 18 but I will confirm[am] my covenant with you. You will enter[an] the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh,[ao] male and female, to keep them alive[ap] with you. 20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.[aq] 21 And you must take[ar] for yourself every kind of food[as] that is eaten,[at] and gather it together.[au] It will be food for you and for them.”
22 And Noah did all[av] that God commanded him—he did indeed.[aw]
Paul and Company Sail for Rome
27 When it was decided we[a] would sail to Italy,[b] they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion[c] of the Augustan Cohort[d] named Julius. 2 We went on board[e] a ship from Adramyttium[f] that was about to sail to various ports[g] along the coast of the province of Asia[h] and put out to sea,[i] accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian[j] from Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in[k] at Sidon,[l] and Julius, treating Paul kindly,[m] allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.[n] 4 From there we put out to sea[o] and sailed under the lee[p] of Cyprus because the winds were against us. 5 After we had sailed across the open sea[q] off Cilicia and Pamphylia,[r] we put in[s] at Myra[t] in Lycia.[u] 6 There the centurion[v] found[w] a ship from Alexandria[x] sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7 We sailed slowly[y] for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus.[z] Because the wind prevented us from going any farther,[aa] we sailed under the lee[ab] of Crete off Salmone.[ac] 8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast[ad] of Crete[ae] and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.[af]
Caught in a Violent Storm
9 Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous[ag] because the fast[ah] was already over,[ai] Paul advised them,[aj] 10 “Men, I can see the voyage is going to end[ak] in disaster[al] and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”[am] 11 But the centurion[an] was more convinced[ao] by the captain[ap] and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.[aq] 12 Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided[ar] to put out to sea[as] from there. They hoped that[at] somehow they could reach[au] Phoenix,[av] a harbor of Crete facing[aw] southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
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