Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer.
² I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai.
With my voice I seek favor from Adonai.
³ I pour out my complaint before Him,
before Him I tell my trouble.
⁴ When my spirit grows faint within me,
You know my path.
In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
⁵ Look at my right hand and see,
for no one cares about me.
I have no refuge—
no one cares for my soul.
⁶ I have cried out to You, Adonai.
I said: “You are my refuge,
    my portion in the land of the living.”
⁷ Listen to my cry,
    for I am brought very low.
Rescue me from my persecutors,
    for they are too strong for me.
⁸ Bring my soul out of prison,
    so I may praise Your Name.
The righteous will triumph through me,
    for You will reward me.

¹¹ “In that day I will raise up David’s fallen sukkah.^[a]
I will restore its breaches,
    raise up its ruins,
and rebuild it as in days of old
¹² —so they may possess the remnant of Edom
    and all the nations called by My Name.”
It is a declaration of Adonai, the One who will do this.
¹³ “Behold, days are soon coming”
—it is a declaration of Adonai—
“when the plowman will overtake the reaper
    and the one treading grapes, the one sowing seed.
The mountains will drip sweet wine
    and all the hills will melt over.
¹⁴ Yes, I will restore the captivity of My people Israel.
They will rebuild desolated cities and dwell in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine.
They will also make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵ Yes, I will plant them on their land,
and they will never again be plucked up
    out of their land that I have given to them.”
Adonai, your God, has said it.