Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

² Beautiful^(E) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[b](F) is Mount Zion,^(G)
    the city of the Great King.^(H)
3 God is in her citadels;^(I)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(J)

⁴ When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(K)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(L)
6 Trembling seized^(M) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(N)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(O)
    shattered by an east wind.^(P)

⁸ As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[c](Q)

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(R) on your unfailing love.^(S)
10 Like your name,^(T) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(U)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.^(V)

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,^(W)
13 consider well her ramparts,^(X)
    view her citadels,^(Y)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.^(Z)

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide^(AA) even to the end.

“I am sending you grain, new wine^(C) and olive oil,^(D)
    enough to satisfy you fully;^(E)
never again will I make you
    an object of scorn^(F) to the nations.

²⁰ “I will drive the northern horde^(G) far from you,
    pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
    and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench^(H) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!
²¹     Do not be afraid,^(I) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(J)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(K)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(L)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(M) and the vine^(N) yield their riches.^(O)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(P) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(Q)
He sends you abundant showers,^(R)
    both autumn^(S) and spring rains,^(T) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(U) with new wine^(V) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(W) have eaten^(X)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[b]—
my great army^(Y) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(Z)
    and you will praise^(AA) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(AB) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(AC)
27 Then you will know^(AD) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(AE) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(AF)

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”^[b]—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—^(P)