Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

12 Then you will say on that day,
“^(A)I will give thanks to You, O Lord;
For ^(B)although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.
² “Behold, ^(C)God is my salvation,
I will ^(D)trust and not be afraid;
For ^(E)the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
³ Therefore you will joyously ^(F)draw water
From the ^(G)springs of salvation.
⁴ And in that day you will ^(H)say,
“^(I)Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
^(J)Make known His deeds among the peoples;
^[a]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”
^5 (K)Praise the Lord in song, for He has done ^[b]excellent things;
Let this be known throughout the earth.
^6 (L)Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For ^(M)great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

59 Behold, ^(A)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
^(B)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
² But your ^(C)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^[a]face from you so that He does ^(D)not hear.
³ For your ^(E)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken ^(F)falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
^4 (G)No one sues righteously and ^(H)no one pleads ^[b]honestly.
They ^(I)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They ^(J)conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
⁵ They hatch adders’ eggs and ^(K)weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
⁶ Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they ^(L)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(M)works are works of iniquity,
And an ^(N)act of violence is in their ^[c]hands.
^7 (O)Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
^(P)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
⁸ They do not know the ^(Q)way of peace,
And there is ^(R)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
^(S)Whoever treads on ^[d]them does not know peace.

⁹ Therefore ^(T)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We ^(U)hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
¹⁰ We ^(V)grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We ^(W)stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are ^(X)like dead men.
¹¹ All of us growl like bears,
And ^(Y)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for ^(Z)justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
¹² For our ^(AA)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our ^(AB)sins ^[e]testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And ^[f]we know our iniquities:
¹³ Transgressing and ^(AC)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking ^(AD)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving in and ^(AE)uttering from the heart lying words.
^14 (AF)Justice is turned back,
And ^(AG)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
¹⁵ Yes, truth is lacking;
And he who turns aside from evil ^(AH)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was ^[g]displeasing in His sight ^(AI)that there was no justice.