Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

85 O Yahweh, you favored your land.
You restored the fortunes^[b] of Jacob.
² You took away the guilt^[c] of your people;
you covered all their sin. Selah

⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak,
because he will speak peace
to his people, even his faithful ones,^[a]
but let them not return to folly.
⁹ Surely his salvation is near for those who fear him,
that glory may abide in our land.
¹⁰ Loyal love and faithfulness^[b] will meet one another;
righteousness and peace will kiss.
¹¹ Faithfulness^[c] will sprout from the ground,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
¹² Yes, Yahweh will give what is good,
and our land will give its produce.
¹³ Righteousness will go before him,
and it will make his steps a pathway.

6 Come, let us return to Yahweh;
because it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck us down and will bind us up.
²     He will revive us after two days;
on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live in his presence.^[a]
3 Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh;
    his rising is sure like the dawn.
He will come like the showers to us,
    like the spring rain that waters the earth.
⁴ What will I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What will I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early in the morning.
⁵ Therefore, I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment^[b] goes forth like the light.
⁶ Because I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.