Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

65 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion,
and to you the vow shall be fulfilled.
² O you who hear prayer,
to you all flesh will come.
³ Iniquities^[b] prevail over me.
As for our transgressions, you will forgive^[c] them.
⁴ Blessed is one whom you choose and bring near,
that he may abide in your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.
⁵ By awesome deeds in righteousness you will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
you who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth
and of the far-off seas,
⁶ who established the mountains by his strength,
the one who is girded with might,
⁷ who stills the roar of the seas,
the roar of their waves,
and the commotion of the peoples,
⁸ so that^[d] the inhabitants of the farthest reaches are in awe of your signs.
You make the dawn and sunset sing for joy.
⁹ You care for^[e] the land^[f] and water it;
you greatly enrich it.
The stream of God is filled with waters.
You provide their grain,
for so you have established it.
¹⁰ You drench its furrows,
penetrating its ridges.
With rains you soften it;
its growth you bless.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,^[g]
and your wagon paths drip with richness.^[h]
12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
and the hills gird themselves with joy.
¹³ The pasturelands put on flocks,
and the valleys clothe themselves with grain.
They shout in triumph;
they even sing.

¹² “And even now,” declares^[a] Yahweh,
    “return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and wailing.”
¹³     Rend your hearts^[b] and not your garments,
and return to Yahweh your God,
    because he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger^[c] and great in loyal love,
    and relenting from harm.
¹⁴ Who knows whether he will turn and relent,
    and leave a blessing behind him,
an offering and a libation,
    for Yahweh your God?
¹⁵ Blow the trumpet^[d] in Zion,
    sanctify a fast, call an assembly;
¹⁶ gather the people, consecrate the assembly;
    assemble the elders, gather the children,
        even those who are breast-feeding;
let the bridegroom come out from his private room,
    and the bride from her canopy.
¹⁷ Between the colonnade and the altar,
    let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep.
And let them say, “Take pity, Yahweh, on your people.
    Do not make your inheritance a reproach,
        a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
    ‘Where is their God?’”

¹⁸ Then Yahweh became jealous for his land
    and took pity on his people.
¹⁹ And Yahweh answered and said to his people,
    “Look at me, I am sending to you
grain, new wine, and olive oil,
    and you will be satisfied by it.
I will not give you over any more
    as a disgrace among the nations.
²⁰ The northerners^[e]
    I will remove from you;
I will drive them to a desert
    and desolate land,
its^[f] front to the eastern sea,
    and its rear into the western sea;
its stench and odor will rise up
    because he^[g] has done great things.
²¹ Do not fear, O land,
    rejoice and be glad,
        because Yahweh has done great things.
²² Do not fear, wild animals of the field,
    because the pastures of the desert have put forth new green shoots,
because the tree has produced its fruit,
    the fig tree and the vine
        have yielded their produce.