Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ Even the sparrow finds a home
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    my King and my God.^(C)
4 Happy are those who live in your house,
    ever singing your praise. Selah^(D)

⁵ Happy are those whose strength is in you,
    in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[a](E)
6 As they go through the valley of Baca,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the early rain also covers it with pools.^(F)
7 They go from strength to strength;
    the God of gods will be seen in Zion.^(G)

² Judah mourns,
    and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
    and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.^(B)
3 Her^[a] nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
    and cover their heads,^(C)
4 because the ground is cracked.
    Because there has been no rain on the land,
the farmers are dismayed;
    they cover their heads.^(D)
5 Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
⁶ The wild asses stand on the bare heights;^[b]
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no herbage.^(E)

“My soul magnifies the Lord,^(A)
47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,^(B)
48 for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant.
    Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,^(C)
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
    and holy is his name;^(D)
50 indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.^(E)
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
    he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.^(F)
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
    and lifted up the lowly;^(G)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
    and sent the rich away empty.^(H)
54 He has come to the aid of his child Israel,
    in remembrance of his mercy,^(I)
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
    to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”^(J)