Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^3 (D)Put not your trust in princes,
    ^(E)in a son of man, in whom there is ^(F)no salvation.
⁴ When ^(G)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

^5 (H)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose ^(I)hope is in the Lord his God,
^6 (J)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
^(K)who keeps faith forever;
^{7     (L)}who executes justice for the oppressed,
    ^(M)who gives food to the hungry.

^(N)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
^{8     (O)}the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^(P)The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    ^(Q)the Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (R)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
    ^(S)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but ^(T)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

^10 (U)The Lord will reign forever,
    your God, O Zion, to all generations.
^(V)Praise the Lord!

¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
    instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
    ^(A)and your taskmasters righteousness.
^18 (B)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
^(C)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.

^19 (D)The sun shall be no more
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give you light;^[a]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.^[b]
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
    nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and ^(E)your days of mourning shall be ended.
^21 (F)Your people shall all be righteous;
    ^(G)they shall possess the land forever,
^(H)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
    that I might be glorified.^[c]
22 (I)The least one shall become a clan,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^(J)I am the Lord;
    in its time I will hasten it.