Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

All People Exhorted to Praise God.

A Psalm for ^[a]Thanksgiving.

²³ “Then I will ^(A)appoint over them one ^(B)shepherd, My servant ^(C)David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. ²⁴ And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant ^(D)David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.

²⁵ “And I will make a ^(E)covenant of peace with them and ^(F)eliminate harmful animals from the land, so that they may ^(G)live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ²⁶ I will make them and the places around My hill a ^(H)blessing. And I will make ^(I)showers fall in their season; they will be showers of ^(J)blessing. ²⁷ Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its produce, and they will be ^(K)secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have ^(L)broken the bars of their yoke and have saved them from the hand of those who enslaved them. ²⁸ They will no longer be plunder to the nations, and the animals of the earth will not devour them; but they will ^(M)live securely, and no one will make them afraid. ²⁹ I will establish for them a ^(N)renowned planting place, and they will ^(O)not again be ^[a]victims of famine in the land, and they will not ^(P)endure the insults of the nations anymore. ³⁰ Then they will know that ^(Q)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God. ³¹ “As for you, My ^(R)sheep, ^[b]the ^(S)sheep of My pasture, you are mankind, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.

Benediction

²⁰ Now may ^(A)the God of peace, who ^(B)brought up from the dead the ^(C)great Shepherd of the sheep ^[a]through ^(D)the blood of the ^(E)eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord, ^21 (F)equip you in every good thing to do His will, ^(G)working in us that ^(H)which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, ^(I)to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.