Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ O Lord, your mercy reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
your judgments like the deep ocean.
You save people and animals, O Lord.
⁷ Your mercy is so precious, O God,
that Adam’s descendants take refuge
in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They are refreshed with the rich foods in your house,
and you make them drink from the river of your pleasure.
⁹ Indeed, the fountain of life is with you.
In your light we see light.
¹⁰ Continue to show your mercy to those who know you
and your righteousness to those whose motives are decent.

² “Look at the bare hills, and see.
You have had sex with men in every place.
You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert.
You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
³ So the rain has been withheld, and there have been no spring showers.
Yet, you have the shameless look of a prostitute,
and you refuse to blush.
⁴ But now you are calling to me.
You say, ‘Father! You have been my companion
ever since I was young.
⁵ He won’t hold a grudge forever.
He won’t always be angry.’
You have said and done all the evil things that you could.”