Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ A psalm, a song for the dedication of the Temple, of David.
² I will exalt You, Adonai,
for You have lifted me up,
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
³ Adonai my God, I cried to You for help,
and You healed me.
⁴ Adonai, You brought my soul up from Sheol.
You kept me alive, so I would not go down to the Pit.
⁵ Sing praise to Adonai, His faithful ones,
and praise His holy name.
⁶ For His anger lasts for only a moment,
    His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may stay for the night,
    but joy comes in the morning.
⁷ When I felt secure, I said:
“I will never be shaken.”
⁸ Adonai, in Your favor
You made my mountain stand strong.
When You hid Your face,
I was terrified.
⁹ To You, Adonai, I called,
and to my Lord I made my plea:
¹⁰ “What gain is there in my blood,
    in my going down to the Pit?
    Will the dust praise You?
    Will it declare Your truth?
¹¹ Hear, Adonai, and be gracious to me.
    Adonai, be my help.”

¹⁸ Their heart cried out to the Lord:
    O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down
    like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.
¹⁹ Arise! Cry out in the night
    at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to Him
    for the life of your children
who faint from hunger
    at the head of every street.
²⁰ Look, Adonai, and consider
    with whom You have dealt so severely!
Should women eat their offspring,
    their healthy newborn infants?
Should kohen and prophet be slain
    in the Sanctuary of the Lord?
²¹ On the ground in the streets
    lie both young and old.
My maidens and my young men
    have fallen by the sword.
You slew them in the day of Your anger.
    You slaughtered them without pity.
²² As on a moed day, You summon
    against me terrors on every side.
On the day of the wrath of Adonai
    no one escaped or survived.
Those whom I bore and raised
    my enemy has destroyed.