Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ A psalm of praise. Of David.
I will exalt You, my God, the King,
and I will bless Your Name forever and ever.
² Every day I will bless You,
and praise Your Name forever and ever!
³ Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised
—His greatness is unsearchable.
⁴ One generation will praise Your works
to another and declare Your mighty acts.
⁵ I will meditate on the glorious splendor
of Your majesty and Your wonders.
⁶ They will speak of the might of Your awesome deeds,
and I will proclaim Your greatness.
⁷ They will pour out the renown of Your great goodness,
and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
⁸ Adonai is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

³ For Adonai turned aside Jacob’s pride
like Israel’s pride—
for spoilers emptied them out
and ruined their vine branches.
⁴ He makes the shield of warriors’ red—
valiant men are clad in scarlet!
the chariot burns with metal fire
    on the day of his preparation,
The fir trees are shaken.
⁵ The chariots dash madly about through the streets,
rushing to and fro in the plazas,
their appearance is like torches,
    darting like flashes of lightning.
⁶ He will recall his majestic ones.
They will stumble in their march.
They will hasten to her wall.
Now the siege work is set up.
⁷ The river gates will be opened,
and the palace will melt away.
⁸ What was erected^[a]
    will be exiled and carried away.
Her handmaids are lamenting like the sound of doves,
    beating their breasts.
⁹ Nineveh was like a pool of water for days
    —now they are fleeing.
Stop, stop! Yet no one turns back.
¹⁰ Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!
For there is no end of treasure—
    glory from everything precious.
¹¹ Emptiness, desolation, waste!
Heart melting, knees buckling, anguish in all the loins,
    all their faces grown pale!