Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

^4 (F)Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of ^[b]His holy name.
⁵ For ^(G)His anger is but for a moment,
^(H)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But ^[c]joy comes in the morning.

⁶ Now in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be ^[d]moved.”
⁷ Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
^(I)You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

⁸ I cried out to You, O Lord;
And to the Lord I made supplication:
⁹ “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
^(J)Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?
¹⁰ Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper!”

^11 (K)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off ^[e]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
¹² To the end that my ^[f]glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

¹⁸ Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
^(A)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give ^[a]your eyes no rest.

¹⁹ “Arise, ^(B)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
^(C)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger ^(D)at the head of every street.”

²⁰ “See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
^(E)Should the women eat their offspring,
The children ^[b]they have cuddled?
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

²¹ “Young^(F) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the ^(G)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.

²² “You have invited as to a feast day
^(H)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
^(I)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have ^(J)destroyed.”