Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
    for His mercy endures forever.
² Who can recount the mighty acts of the Lord
    or declare all His praise?
³ Blessed are those who keep justice
    and who do righteousness at all times.
⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when You give favor to Your people;
    visit me with Your deliverance,
⁵ that I may see the goodness over Your chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
    that I may glory with Your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers did not consider
    Your wonders in Egypt;
they did not remember the greatness of Your mercy,
    but rebelled against Him at the sea, by the Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
    that He might make His mighty power known.
⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up,
    so He led them through the depths as through the wilderness.
¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them
    and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
¹¹ The waters covered their enemies;
    there was not one of them left.
¹² Then they believed His words;
    they sang His praise.

² Who raised up the righteous man from the east,
    called him to His foot,
gave the nations before him,
    and made him rule over kings?
He makes them as the dust with his sword,
    and as driven stubble with his bow.
³ He pursued them, and passed safely,
    by paths his feet have not traveled.
⁴ Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first,
    and with the last. I am He.

⁵ The coastlands saw it and feared,
    the ends of the earth were afraid;
they drew near and came.
⁶     Every one helped his neighbor,
    and every one said to his brother, “Be of good courage.”
⁷ So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
    and he who smooths metal with the hammer
    encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying, “It is ready for the soldering”;
    and he fastened it with nails so that it should not totter.

⁸ But you, Israel, are My servant,
    Jacob whom I have chosen,
    the seed of Abraham, My friend.
⁹ You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
    and called from its remotest parts,
and said to you, “You are My servant;
    I have chosen you and have not rejected you.”
¹⁰ Do not fear, for I am with you;
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

¹¹ Certainly all those who were incensed against you
    shall be ashamed and humiliated;
they shall be as nothing,
    and those who strive with you shall perish.
¹² You shall seek them
    and shall not find them, even those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
    shall be as nothing, as a thing of nonexistence.
¹³ For I, the Lord your God,
    will hold your right hand,
saying to you, “Do not fear;
    I will help you.”