Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^2 (1) I will bless Adonai at all times;
his praise will always be in my mouth.
^3 (2) When I boast, it will be about Adonai;
the humble will hear of it and be glad.

^4 (3) Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai;
let us exalt his name together.
^5 (4) I sought Adonai, and he answered me;
he rescued me from everything I feared.

^6 (5) They looked to him and grew radiant;
their faces will never blush for shame.
^7 (6) This poor man cried; Adonai heard
and saved him from all his troubles.
^8 (7) The angel of Adonai, who encamps
around those who fear him, delivers them.

^9 (8) Taste, and see that Adonai is good.
How blessed are those who take refuge in him!
^10 (9) Fear Adonai, you holy ones of his,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
^11 (10) Young lions can be needy, they can go hungry,
but those who seek Adonai lack nothing good.

^12 (11) Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of Adonai.
^13 (12) Which of you takes pleasure in living?
Who wants a long life to see good things?
^14 (13) [If you do,] keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceiving talk;
^15 (14) turn from evil, and do good;
seek peace, go after it!

^16 (15) The eyes of Adonai watch over the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
^17 (16) But the face of Adonai opposes those who do evil,
to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

^18 (17) [The righteous] cried out, and Adonai heard,
and he saved them from all their troubles.
^19 (18) Adonai is near those with broken hearts;
he saves those whose spirit is crushed.
^20 (19) The righteous person suffers many evils,
but Adonai rescues him out of them all.
^21 (20) He protects all his bones;
not one of them gets broken.

^22 (21) Evil will kill the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
^23 (22) But Adonai redeems his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

⁵ For Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot
is the one who can melt the earth with his touch,
and make all who live on it mourn.
It will all rise, just like the Nile,
and then subside, like the Nile in Egypt.
⁶ He builds his upper rooms in heaven
and establishes his sky-vault over the earth.
He summons the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the earth.
Adonai is his name.

⁷ “People of Isra’el, are you any different
from the Ethiopians to me?” asks Adonai.
“True, I brought Isra’el up from Egypt,
but I also brought the P’lishtim from Kaftor,
and Aram from Kir.
⁸ Look, the eyes of Adonai Elohim
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth,
yet I will not completely destroy
the house of Ya‘akov,” says Adonai.

⁹ “For when I give the order,
I will shake the house of Isra’el,
there among all the Goyim,
as one shakes with a sieve,
letting no grain fall to the ground.
¹⁰ All the sinners among my people
who say, ‘Disaster will never overtake us
or confront us,’ will die by the sword.

¹¹ “When that day comes, I will raise up
the fallen sukkah of David.
I will close up its gaps, raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as it used to be,
¹² so that Isra’el can possess
what is left of Edom
and of all the nations bearing my name,”
says Adonai, who is doing this.
¹³ “The days will come,” says Adonai,
“when the plowman will overtake the reaper
and the one treading grapes the one sowing seed.
Sweet wine will drip down the mountains,
and all the hills will flow with it.
¹⁴ I will restore the fortunes of my people Isra’el;
they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities;
they will plant vineyards and drink their wine,
cultivate gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵ I will plant them on their own soil,
no more to be uprooted
from their land, which I gave them,”
says Adonai your God.