Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
    we give thanks, for your name is ^(C)near.
We^[a] recount your wondrous deeds.
² “At ^(D)the set time that I appoint
    I will judge ^(E)with equity.
³ When the earth ^(F)totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its ^(G)pillars. Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast’,
    and to the wicked, ^(H)‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵ do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”
⁶ For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(I)lifting up,
⁷ but it is ^(J)God who executes judgement,
    ^(K)putting down one and lifting up another.
^8 (L)For in the hand of the Lord there is ^(M)a cup
    with foaming wine, ^(N)well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall ^(O)drain it down to the dregs.
⁹ But I will declare it for ever;
    I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
^10 (P)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    ^(Q)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

3 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    ^(A)the oppressing city!
² She listens to no voice;
    ^(B)she accepts no correction.
^(C)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.
^3 (D)Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;
her judges are ^(E)evening wolves
    that leave nothing till the morning.
^4 (F)Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^(G)her priests ^(H)profane what is holy;
    they do violence to the law.
⁵ The Lord within her ^(I)is righteous;
    he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
    each dawn he does not fail;
    but ^(J)the unjust knows no shame.
^6 (K)“I have cut off nations;
    their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
    ^(L)so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
    without a man, without an inhabitant.
^7 (M)I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    ^(N)you will accept correction.
Then your^[a] dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.’^[b]
But ^(O)all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.
⁸ “Therefore ^(P)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
    “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is ^(Q)to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
    ^(R)all the earth shall be consumed.

⁹ “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
    to ^(S)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
    and serve him with one accord.
^10 (T)From beyond the rivers ^(U)of Cush
    my worshippers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.
^11 (V)“On that day ^(W)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then ^(X)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and ^(Y)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.
¹² But I will leave in your midst
    a people ^(Z)humble and lowly.
^(AA)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
^{13     (AB)}those who are left in Israel;
they ^(AC)shall do no injustice
    and speak no lies,
^(AD)nor shall there be found in their mouth
    a deceitful tongue.
^(AE)For they shall graze and lie down,
    and none shall make them afraid.”

^(H)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
    break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labour!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
    than those of the one who has a husband.”