Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴ For behold, ^(H)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.
⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight.
^6 (I)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(J)as of a woman in labor.
⁷ By ^(K)the east wind you ^(L)shattered
    the ships of ^(M)Tarshish.
⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^(N)the city of our God,
    which God will ^(O)establish forever. Selah

⁹ We have thought on your ^(P)steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰ As your ^(Q)name, O God,
    so your praise reaches to ^(R)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹     Let Mount ^(S)Zion be glad!
Let ^(T)the daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgments!

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    number her towers,
¹³ consider well her ^(U)ramparts,
    go through her citadels,
^(V)that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴     that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
    He will ^(W)guide us forever.^[a]

²⁰ “I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard^[a] into ^(E)the eastern sea,
    and his rear guard^[b] into ^(F)the western sea;
^(G)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹ “Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for ^(H)the Lord has done great things!
²² Fear not, ^(I)you beasts of the field,
    for ^(J)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
^(K)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and ^(L)vine give their full yield.

^23 (M)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(N)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(O)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(P)the early and ^(Q)the latter rain, as before.

²⁴ “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
²⁵ I will restore^[c] to you the years
    that ^(R)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(S)the hopper, ^(T)the destroyer, and ^(U)the cutter,
    ^(V)my great army, which I sent among you.

^26 (W)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people ^(X)shall never again be put to shame.
^27 (Y)You shall know that I am ^(Z)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(AA)I am the Lord your God ^(AB)and there is none else.
And my people ^(AC)shall never again be put to shame.

^(O)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has ^(P)prepared ^(Q)for those who love him”—