Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

80 Hear, O You Shepherd of Israel, You Who leads Joseph like sheep. Show Your brightness, You Who sits between the Cherubims.

² Stir up Your strength before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh and come to help us.

³ Turn us again, O God, and cause Your face to shine, so that we may be saved.

⁴ O LORD God of Hosts, how long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people?

⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink with great measure.

⁶ You have made us a point of contention to our neighbors; and our enemies laugh at us among themselves.

⁷ Turn us again, O God of Hosts. Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved.

¹⁷ Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, and upon the son of man whom You made strong for Your own self,

¹⁸ so we will not go back from You. Revive us, and we shall call upon Your Name.

¹⁹ Turn us again, O LORD God of Hosts! Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved. To him who excels upon Gittith: A Psalm committed to Asaph

²³ “And what one people on the Earth is like Your people, like Israel, whose God went and redeemed them to Himself, so that they might be His people, and that He might make a Name for Himself and do great and mighty things for Yourself and for Your land, O LORD. You have redeemed Your people to Yourself out of Egypt, the nations, and their gods!

²⁴ “For You have ordained Your people Israel to Yourself, to be Your people forever! And You, LORD, have become their God.

²⁵ “Now, therefore, O Lord GOD, confirm forever the Word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, and do as You have said.

²⁶ “And let Your Name be magnified forever by those who shall say, ‘The LORD of Hosts is the God over Israel,’ and let the House of Your servant David be established before You.

²⁷ “For You, O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a House.’ Therefore, Your servant has been bold to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸ “Therefore, now, O Lord GOD (You are God and Your Words are true and You have told this goodness to Your servant),

²⁹ “therefore, now let it please You to bless the House of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it. And let the House of Your servant be blessed forever with Your blessing.”

³¹ “The One who has come from on high is above all. The one who is from the Earth, is from the Earth, and speaks from the Earth. The One who has come from Heaven is above all.

³² “And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies. But no one receives His testimony.

³³ “The one who has received His testimony, has sealed that God is true.

³⁴ “For He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.

³⁵ “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

³⁶ “The one who believes in the Son has everlasting life. And the one who disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”