5th Sunday after Pentecost Copy

Scriptures:   Psalm 9:9-20 & Mark 4:35-41

Psalm 9:9-20

9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,    a stronghold in times of trouble.10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion.    Declare his deeds among the peoples.12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, O Lord.    See what I suffer from those who hate me;    you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,14 so that I may recount all your praises    and, in the gates of daughter Zion,    rejoice in your deliverance.

15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;    in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,    all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,    nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

19 Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail;    let the nations be judged before you.20 Put them in fear, O Lord;    let the nations know that they are only human. Selah

Mark 4:35-41

Jesus Stills a Storm

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

One:   This is the Word of the Lord.

ALL:   Thanks be to God.