Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Acclaim the Lord^[c] with joy, all the earth;
²     serve the Lord^[d] with gladness;
    enter his presence with songs of joy.
³ Proclaim that the Lord is God.^[e]
    He made us and we are his possession;
    we are his people, the flock he shepherds.
⁴ Offer thanksgiving as you enter his gates,^[f]
    sing hymns of praise as you approach his courts;
give thanks to him and bless his name,
⁵     for the Lord is good.
His kindness endures forever,
    and his faithfulness is constant to all generations.^[g]

² Declare this among the nations and proclaim it;
    lift up a banner and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but announce,
“Babylon will be captured;
    Bel^[b] will be put to shame;
    Marduk will be dismayed.
Her images are disgraced;
    her idols are shattered.”
³ A nation from the north is marching against her
    that will turn her land into a desolate waste,
so that no one will be able to live there anymore;
    both men and beasts have fled and are gone.
⁴ In those days and at that time,
    says the Lord,
the people of Israel and of Judah will come,
    weeping as they seek the Lord, their God.
⁵ They will ask the way to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it, saying,
“Come, let us bind ourselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant
    that will never be forgotten.”
⁶ My people were lost sheep;
    their shepherds led them astray
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountains and hills
    and lost the way to their fold.
⁷ Whoever came upon them devoured them,
    and their enemies insisted,
    “We incur no guilt,
because they have sinned
    against the Lord, their true pasture,
    against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.”