Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

150 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his ^(B)sanctuary;
    praise him in ^(C)his mighty heavens!^[a]
2 Praise him for his ^(D)mighty deeds;
    praise him according to his excellent ^(E)greatness!
³ Praise him with ^(F)trumpet sound;
    praise him with ^(G)lute and ^(H)harp!
⁴ Praise him with ^(I)tambourine and ^(J)dance;
    praise him with ^(K)strings and ^(L)pipe!
⁵ Praise him with sounding ^(M)cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
⁶ Let ^(N)everything that has breath praise the Lord!
^(O)Praise the Lord!

^15 (A)I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and ^(B)in their distress earnestly seek me.

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