Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

87 God’s foundation is set on the holy mountains.
² The Lord loves Zion’s gates
    more than all of Jacob’s houses combined.
³ Glorious things are said about you,
    the city of God! Selah
⁴ I count Rahab and Babel among those who know me;
    also Philistia and Tyre, along with Cush—
    each of these was born there.
⁵ And of Zion it is said:
    “Each person was born in it,
    but the one who will establish it is the Most High.”
⁶ The Lord makes a record as he registers the peoples:
    “Each one was born there.” Selah
⁷ And while they dance, people sing:
    “The source of my life comes from you.”

¹⁷ So you will know that I am the Lord your God,
        settle down in Zion, my holy mountain.
    Jerusalem will be holy,
        and never again will strangers pass through it.
¹⁸ In that day
        the mountains will drip sweet wine,
        the hills will flow with milk,
        and all the streambeds of Judah
            will flow with water;
        a spring will come forth from the Lord’s house
            and water the Shittim Valley.
¹⁹ Egypt will become desolate
        and Edom a desolate wilderness.
    This is because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
        in whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever,
        and Jerusalem for all generations.