Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴⁰ Then ^(A)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(B)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(C)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(D)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(E)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (F)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(G)purposes
    and were ^(H)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(I)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(J)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(K)relented according to ^(L)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(M)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (N)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(O)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (P)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(Q)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(R)Praise the Lord!

^17 (A)Gather up your bundle from the ground,
    O you who dwell under siege!
¹⁸ For thus says the Lord:
^(B)“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
    at this time,
^(C)and I will bring distress on them,
    that they may feel it.”

¹⁹ Woe is me because of my hurt!
    ^(D)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
    and I must bear it.”
^20 (E)My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    ^(F)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and ^(G)to set up my curtains.
^21 (H)For the shepherds ^(I)are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    ^(J)and all their flock is scattered.

²² A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
    ^(K)a great commotion out of the north country
to make ^(L)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    ^(M)a lair of jackals.

^23 (N)I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
    that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
^24 (O)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
    not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

^25 (P)Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
    and on the peoples that call not on your name,
^(Q)for they have devoured Jacob;
    they have devoured him and consumed him,
    and have laid waste his habitation.