Priests, put on sackcloth and lament.
Ministers of the altar, wail.
Come, pass the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God.
For the house of our God has been deprived
of oblation and libation.
Order a fast,
proclaim a solemn assembly;
elders, call together
all the inhabitants of the country
to the house of the Lord your God.
Cry out to the Lord,
‘Oh, what a day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
it comes as a devastation from Shaddai.’

Sound the trumpet in Zion,
give the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the country tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming,
yes, it is near.

Day of darkness and gloom,
day of cloud and blackness.
Like the dawn there spreads across the mountains
a vast and mighty host,
such as has never been before,
such as will never be again
to the remotest ages.

The Lord will judge the world with justice.

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
  I will recount all your wonders.
I will rejoice in you and be glad,
  and sing psalms to your name, O Most High.

The Lord will judge the world with justice.

You have checked the nations, destroyed the wicked;
  you have wiped out their name for ever and ever.
The nations have fallen in the pit which they made,
  their feet caught in the snare they laid.

The Lord will judge the world with justice.

But the Lord sits enthroned for ever.
  He has set up his throne for judgement;
he will judge the world with justice,
  he will judge the peoples with his truth.

The Lord will judge the world with justice.

Alleluia, alleluia!
The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice,
says the Lord,
I know them and they follow me.
Alleluia!