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.

¹ Awake, awake!
    Clothe yourself in strength, O Zion.
Put on your glorious garments,
    O Jerusalem, the holy city.
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
    will no longer enter you.
² Shake off the dust from yourself and rise up
    O captive Jerusalem.
Remove the chains from your neck,
    O captive daughter of Zion.
³ For thus says the Lord:
    You were sold for nothing
    and you will be redeemed without money.
⁴ Then the Lord God continues:
    Long ago my people went down to Egypt
and settled there as aliens;
    the Assyrians also oppressed them without cause.
⁵ Therefore, says the Lord,
    what should now be done?
My people have been carried off without cause;
    their rulers boast triumphantly,
and my name is constantly reviled
    throughout the day, declares the Lord.
⁶ Therefore, on that day,
    my people will know my name
and understand that it is I who say:
    Here I am!

“Whoever believes in me
believes not only in me
but in him who sent me.
⁴⁵ And whoever sees me
sees the one who sent me.
⁴⁶ I have come into the world as light
so that everyone who believes in me
may not have to remain in darkness.
^47 [b]“But if anyone listens to my words
and fails to observe them,
I will not pass judgment on him,
for I did not come to judge the world
but to save the world.
⁴⁸ Anyone who rejects me
and does not accept my words
already has a judge.
On the last day,
the word that I have spoken
will serve as his judge.
⁴⁹ “For I have not spoken on my own,
but the Father who sent me
has himself given me command
about what I am to say
and how I am to speak.
⁵⁰ I know that his commandment
is eternal life.
Therefore, what I speak
is what the Father has told me to say.”