Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

26 ^(A)Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have ^(B)walked in my integrity,
    and I have ^(C)trusted in the Lord without wavering.
^2 (D)Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and ^(E)my mind.^[a]
3 For your ^(F)steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I ^(G)walk in your ^(H)faithfulness.
⁴ I do not ^(I)sit with men of ^(J)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I ^(K)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.
⁶ I ^(L)wash my hands in innocence
    and go round your altar, O Lord,
⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
    and telling all your ^(M)wondrous deeds.
⁸ O Lord, I ^(N)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.

^(E)“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
    and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
    and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’

^5 (K)“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
    ^(L)or who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
    to ask about your welfare?
^6 (M)You have rejected me, declares the Lord;
    ^(N)you keep going backwards,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you—
    ^(O)I am weary of relenting.
^7 (P)I have winnowed them with ^(Q)a winnowing fork
    in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
    ^(R)they did not turn from their ways.
⁸ I have made their widows more in number
    than ^(S)the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
    a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
    fall upon them suddenly.
^9 (T)She who bore seven has grown feeble;
    ^(U)she has fainted away;
^(V)her sun went down while it was yet day;
    she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
    before their enemies,
declares the Lord.”