Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴ Restore our captives, O Lord,
    as the streams in the Negev.
⁵ Those who sow in tears
    shall reap in joy.
⁶ He who goes forth and weeps,
    bearing precious seed to sow,
shall come home again with rejoicing,
    bringing his grain sheaves with him.

² O Lord, I have heard the report of You,
    and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work
    in the midst of the years!
In the midst of these years
    make them known;
    in wrath remember mercy.

³ God came from Teman,
    and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
    and the earth was full of His praise.
⁴ His brightness was like the light;
    rays flashed from His hand,
    and there His power was hidden.
⁵ Pestilence went out before Him,
    and plague followed His feet.
⁶ He stood and measured the earth;
    He looked and shook the nations.
The eternal mountains were scattered,
    the perpetual hills bowed.
    His ways are everlasting.