Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(J)Sea monsters and all ^(K)deeps;
^8 (L)Fire and hail, ^(M)snow and ^(N)clouds;
^(O)Stormy wind, ^(P)fulfilling His word;
^9 (Q)Mountains and all hills;
Fruit ^(R)trees and all cedars;
^10 (S)Beasts and all cattle;
^(T)Creeping things and winged fowl;
^11 (U)Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
¹² Both young men and virgins;
Old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His ^(V)name alone is exalted;
His ^(W)glory is above earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He has ^(X)lifted up a horn for His people,
^(Y)Praise for all His godly ones;
Even for the sons of Israel, a people ^(Z)near to Him.
^[d]Praise ^[e]the Lord!

⁵ And now says ^(A)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ^(B)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am ^(C)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My ^(D)strength),
⁶ He says, “It is too ^[a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the ^(E)preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a ^(F)light ^[b]of the nations
So that My salvation may ^[c]reach to the ^(G)end of the earth.”
⁷ Thus says the Lord, the ^(H)Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the ^(I)despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
“^(J)Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also ^(K)bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

⁸ Thus says the Lord,
“In a ^(L)favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will ^(M)keep You and ^(N)give You for a covenant of the people,
To ^[d](O)restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
⁹ Saying to those who are ^(P)bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all ^(Q)bare heights.
¹⁰ “They will ^(R)not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching ^(S)heat or sun strike them down;
For ^(T)He who has compassion on them will ^(U)lead them
And will guide them to ^(V)springs of water.
¹¹ “I will make all ^(W)My mountains a road,
And My ^(X)highways will be raised up.
¹² “Behold, these will come ^(Y)from afar;
And lo, these will come from the ^(Z)north and from the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
^13 (AA)Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the ^(AB)Lord has comforted His people
And will ^(AC)have compassion on His afflicted.