Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁵ The Lord is the ^(I)portion of my inheritance and my ^(J)cup;
You support my ^(K)lot.
⁶ The measuring ^(L)lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my inheritance is ^(M)beautiful to me.

⁷ I will bless the Lord who has ^(N)advised me;
Indeed, my ^[g](O)mind instructs me in the night.
^8 (P)I have ^(Q)set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is ^(R)at my right hand, ^(S)I will not be shaken.
⁹ Therefore ^(T)my heart is glad and ^(U)my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will ^(V)dwell securely.
¹⁰ For You ^(W)will not abandon my soul to ^[h]Sheol;
You will not ^[i](X)allow Your ^[j]Holy One to ^[k]undergo decay.
¹¹ You will make known to me ^(Y)the way of life;
In ^(Z)Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are ^(AA)pleasures forever.

¹⁵ “^(A)But ^[a]Jeshurun became fat and kicked—
You have become fat, thick, and obstinate—
^(B)Then he abandoned God ^(C)who made him,
And ^[b]rejected ^(D)the Rock of his salvation.
^16 (E)They made Him jealous with strange gods;
^(F)With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
^17 (G)They sacrificed to demons, who were not God,
^(H)To gods whom they have not known,
^(I)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not know.
¹⁸ You forgot ^(J)the Rock who fathered you,
^(K)And forgot the God who gave you birth.

¹⁹ “^(L)The Lord saw this, and spurned them
^(M)Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.
²⁰ Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
^(N)I will see what their end will be;
^(O)For they are a perverse generation,
^(P)Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
^21 (Q)They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their ^[c](R)idols.
^(S)So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
^22 (T)For a fire has flared in My anger,
And it burns to the lowest part of ^[d]Sheol,
^(U)And devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³ ‘^(V)I will add misfortunes to them;
^(W)I will use up My arrows on them.
^24 (X)They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by ^[e]plague
^(Y)And a bitter epidemic;
^(Z)And the teeth of beasts I will send against them,
^(AA)With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
^25 (AB)Outside the sword will make them childless,
And inside, terror—
^(AC)Both young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
²⁶ I would have said, “^(AD)I will wipe them out,
^(AE)I will remove the mention of ^[f]their name from humanity,”
²⁷ Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “^(AF)Our hand is ^[g]triumphant,
And the Lord has not performed all this.”’

^39 (A)See now that I, I am He,
^(B)And there is no god besides Me;
^(C)It is I who put to death and give life.
^(D)I have wounded and it is I who heal,
^(E)And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
⁴⁰ Indeed, ^(F)I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,
^41 (G)If I have sharpened ^[a]My flashing sword,
And My hand has taken hold of justice,
^(H)I will return vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
^42 (I)I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
^(J)And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired ^[b]leaders of the enemy.’
^43 (K)Rejoice, you nations, with His people;
^(L)For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
^(M)And will return vengeance on His adversaries,
^(N)And will atone for His land and His people.”