Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

23 The Lord is my ^(A)shepherd; I shall not ^(B)want.
²     He makes me lie down in green ^(C)pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.^[a]
3     He ^(D)restores my soul.
He ^(E)leads me in ^(F)paths of righteousness^[b]
    for his ^(G)name's sake.
⁴ Even though I ^(H)walk through the valley of ^(I)the shadow of death,^[c]
    I will ^(J)fear no evil,
for ^(K)you are with me;
    your ^(L)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
⁵ You ^(M)prepare a table before me
    in ^(N)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(O)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(P)cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^[d] goodness and mercy^[e] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(Q)dwell^[f] in the house of the Lord
    ^(R)for ever.^[g]

What do you mean that you have gone up,
    all of you, to the housetops,
² you who are full of shoutings,
    tumultuous city, ^(C)exultant town?
Your slain are ^(D)not slain with the sword
    or dead in battle.
^3 (E)All your leaders have fled together;
    without the bow they were captured.
All of you who were found were captured,
    though they had fled far away.
⁴ Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    ^(F)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labour to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
^5 (G)For the Lord God of hosts has ^(H)a day
    of tumult and ^(I)trampling and ^(J)confusion
    in ^(K)the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
    and a shouting to the mountains.
⁶ And ^(L)Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and horsemen,
    and ^(M)Kir uncovered the shield.
⁷ Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
    and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
⁸ He has taken away ^(N)the covering of Judah.