Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

85 Lord, you were ^(B)favourable to your land;
    you ^(C)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
² You ^(D)forgave the iniquity of your people;
    you ^(E)covered all their sin. Selah

^8 (A)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(B)speak peace to his people, to his ^(C)saints;
    but let them not ^(D)turn back to ^(E)folly.
⁹ Surely his ^(F)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(G)glory may dwell in our land.
^10 (H)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(I)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹² Yes, ^(J)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(K)will yield its increase.
^13 (L)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

6 “Come, let us ^(A)return to the Lord;
    for ^(B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(C)he will bind us up.
² After two days ^(D)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
^3 (E)Let us know; ^(F)let us press on to know the Lord;
    ^(G)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^(H)as the showers,
    ^(I)as the spring rains that water the earth.”
⁴ What shall I do with you, ^(J)O ^(K)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O ^(L)Judah?
Your love is ^(M)like a morning cloud,
    ^(N)like the dew that goes early away.
⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them ^(O)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgement goes forth as the light.
⁶ For ^(P)I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice,
    ^(Q)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.