Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
For the music director; set to [a]El Shoshannim; [b]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
80 Listen, (A)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads (B)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (D)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, (E)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
3 God, (F)restore us
And (G)make Your face shine upon us, [c]and we will be saved.
4 (H)Lord God of armies,
(I)How long will You [d]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (J)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in [e]large measure.
6 You make us [f]an object of contention (K)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, [g]and we will be saved.
10 Sing to the Lord a (A)new song,
Sing His praise from the (B)end of the earth!
(C)You who go down to the sea, and (D)all that is in it;
You (E)islands, and those who live on them.
11 Let the (F)wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
The settlements which (G)Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of (H)Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the (I)mountains.
12 Let them (J)give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the (K)coastlands.
13 (L)The Lord will go out like a warrior,
He will stir His (M)zeal like a man of war.
He will shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will (N)prevail against His enemies.
The Blindness of the People
14 “(O)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
15 I will (P)lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will (Q)turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
16 I will (R)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will (S)turn darkness into light before them
And (T)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (U)not leave them undone.”
17 They will be turned back and be (V)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in [a]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”
18 (W)Hear, you who are deaf!
And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.
32 But remember (A)the former days, [a]when, after being (B)enlightened, you endured a great (C)conflict of sufferings, 33 partly by being (D)made a public spectacle through insults and distress, and partly by becoming [b](E)companions with those who were so treated. 34 For you (F)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted (G)joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves (H)a better and lasting possession. 35 Therefore, do not throw away your (I)confidence, which has a great (J)reward. 36 For you have need of (K)endurance, so that when you have (L)done the will of God, you may (M)receive [c]what was promised.
37 (N)For yet in a very little while,
(O)He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38 (P)But My righteous one will live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But [d]we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith for the safekeeping of the soul.
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