Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

95 Come, let’s sing to Adonai!
Let’s shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation!
² Let’s come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let’s shout for joy to him with songs of praise.

³ For Adonai is a great God,
a great king greater than all gods.
⁴ He holds the depths of the earth in his hands;
the mountain peaks too belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his — he made it —
and his hands shaped the dry land.

⁶ Come, let’s bow down and worship;
let’s kneel before Adonai who made us.
⁷ For he is our God, and we are the people
in his pasture, the sheep in his care.

If only today you would listen to his voice:

²¹ “Keep these matters in mind, Ya‘akov,
for you, Isra’el, are my servant.
I formed you, you are my own servant;
Isra’el, don’t forget me.
²² Like a thick cloud, I wipe away your offenses;
like a cloud, your sins.
Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.”

²³ Sing, you heavens, for Adonai has done it!
Shout, you depths of the earth!
Mountains, break out into song,
along with every tree in the forest!
For Adonai has redeemed Ya‘akov;
he glorifies himself in Isra’el.

²⁴ Here is what Adonai says, your Redeemer,
he who formed you in the womb:
“I am Adonai, who makes all things,
who stretched out the heavens all alone,
who spread out the earth all by myself.
²⁵ I frustrate false prophets and their omens,
I make fools of diviners,
I drive back the sages
and make their wisdom look silly.
²⁶ I confirm my servants’ prophecies
and make my messengers’ plans succeed.
I say of Yerushalayim: ‘She will be lived in,’
of the cities of Y’hudah, ‘They will be rebuilt;
I will restore their ruins.’
²⁷ I say to the deep sea, ‘Dry up!
I will make your streams run dry.’
²⁸ I say of Koresh, ‘He is my shepherd,
he will do everything I want.
He will say of Yerushalayim,
“You will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple,
“Your foundation will be laid.”’”