Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

^6 (A)Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
^(B)The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
⁷ You have ^(C)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has ^(D)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
⁸ All Your garments are fragrant with ^(E)myrrh, aloes, and cassia;
From ivory palaces ^(F)stringed instruments have made You joyful.
⁹ Kings’ daughters are among ^(G)Your noble women;
At Your ^(H)right hand stands the queen in ^(I)gold from Ophir.

¹⁰ Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
^(J)Forget your people and your father’s house;
¹¹ Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your ^(K)Lord, ^(L)bow down to Him.
¹² The daughter of ^(M)Tyre will come with a gift;
The ^(N)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.

¹³ The King’s daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is ^(O)interwoven with gold.
¹⁴ She will be ^(P)brought to the King ^(Q)in colorful garments;
The ^(R)virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
¹⁵ They will be brought with joy and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

¹⁶ In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
¹⁷ I will make ^(S)Your name known among all generations;
Therefore the peoples ^(T)will praise You forever and ever.

⁴ I will ^(I)heal their apostasy,
I will ^(J)love them freely,
Because My anger has ^(K)turned away from them.
⁵ I will be like the ^(L)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^(M)lily,
And he will ^[f]take root like the cedars of ^(N)Lebanon.
⁶ His shoots will ^[g]sprout,
His ^[h]majesty will be like the ^(O)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^(P)Lebanon.
⁷ Those who ^(Q)live in his shadow
Will ^[i]again raise ^(R)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸ Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^(S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^[j]you.
I am like a luxuriant ^(T)juniper;
From ^(U)Me ^[k]comes your fruit.

^9 (V)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^(W)ways of the Lord are right,
And the ^(X)righteous will walk in them,
But ^(Y)wrongdoers will stumble in them.