Psalm 116 and Luke 6:1-11

Psalm 116

¹   I love the LORD, because he has heard
          my voice and my supplications.
²   Because he inclined his ear to me,
          therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
³   The snares of death encompassed me;
          the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
          I suffered distress and anguish.
⁴   Then I called on the name of the LORD:
          “O LORD, I pray, save my life!”

⁵   Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
          our God is merciful.
⁶   The LORD protects the simple;
          when I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷   Return, O my soul, to your rest,
          for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸   For you have delivered my soul from death,
          my eyes from tears,
          my feet from stumbling.
⁹   I walk before the LORD
          in the land of the living.
¹⁰  I kept my faith, even when I said,
          “I am greatly afflicted”;
¹¹  I said in my consternation,
          “Everyone is a liar.”

¹²  What shall I return to the LORD
          for all his bounty to me?
¹³   I will lift up the cup of salvation
          and call on the name of the LORD,
¹⁴  I will pay my vows to the LORD
          in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵  Precious in the sight of the LORD
          is the death of his faithful ones.
¹⁶  O LORD, I am your servant;
          I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
          You have loosed my bonds.
¹⁷  I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
          and call on the name of the LORD.
¹⁸  I will pay my vows to the LORD
          in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹  in the courts of the house of the LORD,
          in your midst, O Jerusalem.
     Praise the LORD!

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Luke 6:1-11

¹One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. ²But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"³Jesus answered, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ⁴He entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?" ⁵Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."

⁶On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. ⁷The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸Even though he knew what they were thinking, he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come and stand here." He got up and stood there. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?" ¹⁰After looking around at all of them, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus