Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
    through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵ I ^(H)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶ Therefore let everyone who is ^(J)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(K)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(L)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷ You are a ^(M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(N)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸ I will ^(P)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will ^(Q)counsel you with my eye upon you.
^9 (R)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with ^(S)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

^10 (T)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds the one who ^(U)trusts in the Lord.
^11 (V)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
    and ^(W)shout for joy, all you ^(X)upright in heart!

^(A)“‘The Lord will roar from on high,
    and from his holy habitation utter his voice;
he will roar mightily against his fold,
    ^(B)and shout, like those who tread grapes,
    against all the inhabitants of the earth.
³¹ The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for ^(C)the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
^(D)he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
    and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the Lord.’

³² “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Behold, disaster is going forth
    from nation to nation,
^(E)and a great tempest is stirring
    ^(F)from the farthest parts of the earth!

^34 (K)“Wail, ^(L)you shepherds, and cry out,
    ^(M)and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
³⁵ No refuge will remain ^(N)for the shepherds,
    nor escape for the lords of the flock.
³⁶ A voice—the cry ^(O)of the shepherds,
    ^(P)and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
^{37     (Q)}and the peaceful folds are devastated
    ^(R)because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸ Like a lion ^(S)he has left his lair,
    for their land has become a waste
because of ^(T)the sword of the oppressor,
    ^(U)and because of his fierce anger.”