Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

² It is fitting to offer praise to you,^[c]
    O God, in Zion.
To you our vows must be fulfilled,
³     for you answer our prayers.
To you all flesh must come,^[d]
4     burdened by its sinful deeds.
Too heavy for us are our sins,
    and only you can blot them out.^[e]
5 Blessed^[f] is the one whom you choose
    and invite to dwell in your courts.
We will be filled with the good things of your house,
    of your holy temple.
⁶ Through your awesome deeds^[g] of righteousness,
    you respond to us, O God, our Savior;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the far-off islands.
⁷ Clothed in your great power,
    you hold the mountains in place.^[h]
8 You quiet the roaring of the seas,
    the turbulence of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^[i]

⁹ Those who dwell at the ends of the earth
    are awestruck by your wonders.^[a]
You call forth songs of joy
    from sunrise and sunset.
¹⁰ You care for the earth and water it,
    making it most fertile.
The streams of God^[b] are filled with water
    to provide grain for its people.
Thus, you prepare the earth for growth:
¹¹     you water its furrows
    and level its ridges;
you soften it with showers
    and bless its yield.^[c]
12 You crown the year with your bounty,^[d]
    and your tracks dispense fertility.
¹³ The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    and the hills are covered with rejoicing.

⁶ You have heard what I said; now consider it
    and admit the truth of what I have stated.
From now on I will reveal new things,
    hidden things of which you have not been aware.
⁷ They have just been brought into existence, and not long ago;
    before today you have never heard of them,
    so that you cannot claim to have already known them.
⁸ You neither heard nor knew;
    knowledge of them never reached your ears before now.
For I knew how treacherous you are
    and that from your birth you were rebellious.
⁹ For the sake of my name I will restrain my anger;
    for the sake of my honor I will be patient with you
    lest I should be tempted to destroy you.
¹⁰ See, I have tested you,
    but not in the manner that silver is tested;
    I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹ For my sake, for my own sake, I do this,
    for why should my name be profaned?
    I will not yield my glory to another.

“Those who have never been told of him shall see,
    and those who have never heard of him shall understand.”