Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His People

^(A)A Psalm of Thanksgiving.

²³ I will establish one ^(A)shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—^(B)My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. ²⁴ And ^(C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David ^(D)a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.

^25 (E)“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and ^(F)cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they ^(G)will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ²⁶ I will make them and the places all around ^(H)My hill ^(I)a blessing; and I will ^(J)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be ^(K)showers of blessing. ²⁷ Then ^(L)the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have ^(M)broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who ^(N)enslaved them. ²⁸ And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but ^(O)they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. ²⁹ I will raise up for them a ^(P)garden^[a] of renown, and they shall ^(Q)no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, ^(R)nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. ³⁰ Thus they shall know that ^(S)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are ^(T)My people,” says the Lord God.’

³¹ “You are My ^(U)flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.

Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell

²⁰ Now may ^(A)the God of peace ^(B)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, ^(C)that great Shepherd of the sheep, ^(D)through the blood of the everlasting covenant, ²¹ make you ^[a]complete in every good work to do His will, ^(E)working in ^[b]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.