Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley ^(E)of ^[c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[d]pools.
⁷ They go ^(F)from strength to strength;
^[e]Each one ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

² “Judah mourns,
And ^(A)her gates languish;
They ^(B)mourn for the land,
And ^(C)the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
³ Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were ^(D)ashamed and confounded
^(E)And covered their heads.
⁴ Because the ground is parched,
For there was ^(F)no rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.
⁵ Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,
But ^[a]left because there was no grass.
⁶ And ^(G)the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;
They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”

^(A)“My soul ^[a]magnifies the Lord,
⁴⁷ And my spirit has ^(B)rejoiced in ^(C)God my Savior.
⁴⁸ For ^(D)He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth ^(E)all generations will call me blessed.
⁴⁹ For He who is mighty ^(F)has done great things for me,
And ^(G)holy is His name.
⁵⁰ And ^(H)His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
^51 (I)He has shown strength with His arm;
^(J)He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
^52 (K)He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
⁵³ He has ^(L)filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
⁵⁴ He has helped His ^(M)servant Israel,
^(N)In remembrance of His mercy,
^55 (O)As He spoke to our ^(P)fathers,
To Abraham and to his ^(Q)seed forever.”