Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

150 Praise Yah.^[a]
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty firmament.
² Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.
³ Praise him with blast of horn;
praise him with harp and lyre.
⁴ Praise him with tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flute.
⁵ Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with clashing cymbals.
⁶ Every breathing thing,
let it praise Yah.^[b]
Praise Yah.^[c]

¹⁵ I will return again^[a] to my place
    until they acknowledge their guilt
        and seek my face;
    in their distress they will search^[b] me.

6 Come, let us return to Yahweh;
because it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck us down and will bind us up.
²     He will revive us after two days;
on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live in his presence.^[c]
3 Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh;
    his rising is sure like the dawn.
He will come like the showers to us,
    like the spring rain that waters the earth.
⁴ What will I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What will I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early in the morning.
⁵ Therefore, I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment^[d] goes forth like the light.
⁶ Because I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.