Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^2 (1) Sing for joy to God our strength!
Shout to the God of Ya‘akov!
^3 (2) Start the music! Beat the drum!
Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
^4 (3) Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh
and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
^5 (4) because this is a law for Isra’el,
a ruling of the God of Ya‘akov.
^6 (5) He placed it as a testimony in Y’hosef
when he went out against the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar voice say,
^7 (6) “I lifted the load from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from the [laborer’s] basket.
^8 (7) You called out when you were in trouble,
and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud;
I tested you at the M’rivah Spring [by saying,] (Selah)

^9 (8) “‘Hear, my people, while I give you warning!
Isra’el, if you would only listen to me!
^10 (9) There is not to be with you any foreign god;
you are not to worship an alien god.
^11 (10) I am Adonai your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will fill it.’

^12 (11) “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Isra’el would have none of me.
^13 (12) So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to live by their own plans.
^14 (13) How I wish my people would listen to me,
that Isra’el would live by my ways!
^15 (14) I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
^16 (15) Those who hate Adonai would cringe before him,
while [Isra’el’s] time would last forever.
^17 (16) They would be fed with the finest wheat,
and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks.”

“The people escaping the sword
found favor in the desert —
I have brought Isra’el to its rest.”

^2 (3) From a distance Adonai appeared to me, [saying,]
“I love you with an everlasting love;
this is why in my grace I draw you to me.
^3 (4) Once again, I will build you; you will be rebuilt,
virgin of Isra’el.
Once again, equipped with your tambourines,
you will go out and dance with the merrymakers.
^4 (5) Once again, you will plant vineyards on the hills of Shomron,
and those doing the planting will have the use of its fruit.
^5 (6) For a day will come when the watchmen
on Mount Efrayim will call,
‘Come, let’s go up to Tziyon,
to Adonai our God.’”

^6 (7) For here is what Adonai says:
“Sing with joy for Ya‘akov!
shout for the chief of the nations!
Proclaim your praise, and say:
‘Adonai! You have saved your people,
the remnant of Isra’el!’