Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ God, may the nations praise you.
    May all the people on earth praise you.
⁴ May the nations be glad and sing for joy.
    You rule the people of the earth fairly.
    You guide the nations of the earth.
⁵ God, may the nations praise you.
    May all the people on earth praise you.

⁶ The land produces its crops.
    God, our God, blesses us.
⁷ May God continue to bless us.
    Then people from one end of the earth to the other
    will have respect for him.

“Do what is fair and right.
    I will soon come and save you.
    Soon everyone will know that what I do is right.
² Blessed is the person who does what I want them to.
    They are faithful in keeping the Sabbath day.
They do not misuse it.
    They do not do what is evil on that day.”

³ Suppose an outsider wants to follow the Lord.
    Then that person shouldn’t say,
    “The Lord won’t accept me as one of his people.”
And a eunuch shouldn’t say,
    “I’m like a dry tree
    that doesn’t bear any fruit.”

“Suppose some eunuchs keep my Sabbath days.
    They choose to do what pleases me.
    And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.
⁵ Then I will set up a monument in the area of my temple.
    Their names will be written on it.
    That will be better for them than having sons and daughters.
The names of the eunuchs will be remembered forever.
    They will never be forgotten.