Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁶ As I lie in bed, I remember you;
    all night long I think of you,
⁷     because you have always been my help.
In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
⁸ I cling to you,
    and your hand keeps me safe.

⁹ Those who are trying to kill me
    will go down into the world of the dead.
¹⁰ They will be killed in battle,
    and their bodies eaten by wolves.
¹¹ Because God gives him victory,
    the king will rejoice.
Those who make promises in God's name will praise him,
    but the mouths of liars will be shut.

⁴ Swarm after swarm of locusts settled on the crops;
    what one swarm left, the next swarm devoured.
⁵ Wake up and weep, you drunkards;
    cry, you wine-drinkers;
    the grapes for making new wine have been destroyed.

^6 (A)An army of locusts has attacked our land;
    they are powerful and too many to count;
    their teeth are as sharp as those of a lion.
⁷ They have destroyed our grapevines
    and chewed up our fig trees.
They have stripped off the bark,
    till the branches are white.

⁸ Cry, you people, like a young woman who mourns the death
    of the man she was going to marry.
⁹ There is no grain or wine to offer in the Temple;
    the priests mourn because they have no offerings for the Lord.
¹⁰ The fields are bare;
the ground mourns
    because the grain is destroyed,
    the grapes are dried up,
    and the olive trees are withered.

¹¹ Grieve, you farmers;
cry, you that take care of the vineyards,
    because the wheat, the barley,
    yes all the crops are destroyed.
¹² The grapevines and fig trees have withered;
    all the fruit trees have wilted and died.
The joy of the people is gone.
¹³ Put on sackcloth and weep,
    you priests who serve at the altar!
Go into the Temple and mourn all night!
There is no grain or wine to offer your God.
¹⁴ Give orders for a fast;
    call an assembly!
Gather the leaders
    and all the people of Judah
    into the Temple of the Lord your God
    and cry out to him!