Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

63 O God, you are my God; ^(B)earnestly I seek you;
    ^(C)my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in ^(D)a dry and weary land where there is no water.
² So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding ^(E)your power and glory.
³ Because your ^(F)steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.
⁴ So I will bless you ^(G)as long as I live;
    in your ^(H)name I will ^(I)lift up my hands.
⁵ My soul will be ^(J)satisfied as with fat and rich food,
    and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
⁶ when I remember you ^(K)upon my bed,
    and meditate on you in ^(L)the watches of the night;
⁷ for you have been my help,
    and in ^(M)the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸ My soul ^(N)clings to you;
    your right hand ^(O)upholds me.
⁹ But those who seek to destroy my life
    ^(P)shall go down into ^(Q)the depths of the earth;
¹⁰ they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
    they shall be a portion for jackals.
¹¹ But ^(R)the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who ^(S)swear by him shall exult,
    ^(T)for the mouths of ^(U)liars will be stopped.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
^(A)Consecrate for war;^[a]
    stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
    let them come up.
^10 (B)Beat your ploughshares into swords,
    and ^(C)your pruning-hooks into spears;
    let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
^11 (D)Hasten and come,
    all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves there.
^(E)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
¹² Let the nations stir themselves up
    and come up to ^(F)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
^(G)for there I will sit to judge
    all the surrounding nations.
^13 (H)Put in the sickle,
    ^(I)for the harvest is ripe.
^(J)Go in, tread,
    ^(K)for the wine press is full.
The vats overflow,
    for their evil is great.
¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For ^(L)the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.
^15 (M)The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.
^16 (N)The Lord roars from Zion,
    and ^(O)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
    ^(P)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is ^(Q)a refuge to his people,
    a stronghold to the people of Israel.

^17 (R)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
    ^(S)who dwells in Zion, ^(T)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
    and ^(U)strangers shall never again pass through it.
¹⁸ “And in that day
^(V)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and the hills shall flow with milk,
and ^(W)all the stream beds of Judah
    shall flow with water;
^(X)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
    and water the Valley of ^(Y)Shittim.
^19 (Z)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and ^(AA)Edom a desolate wilderness,
^(AB)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
^20 (AC)But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,
    and Jerusalem to all generations.
^21 (AD)I will avenge their blood,
    blood I have not avenged,^{[b]
    (AE)}for the Lord dwells in Zion.”