Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴ Remember us,^[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[b] when you deliver them,^(D)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(F)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[c] at the Red Sea.^[d](G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea,^[e] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.^(I)
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.^(J)
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.^(K)
12 Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.^(L)

² Who has roused a victor from the east,
    summoned him to his service?
He delivers up nations to him
    and tramples kings under foot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
    like driven stubble with his bow.^(B)
3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
    scarcely touching the path with his feet.
⁴ Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am first
    and will be with the last.^(C)
5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
    the ends of the earth tremble;
    they have drawn near and come.^(D)
6 Each one helps the other,
    saying to one another, “Take courage!”^(E)
7 The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
    and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good,”
    and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.^(F)
8 But you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,
    the offspring of Abraham, my friend;^(G)
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth
    and called from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are my servant;
    I have chosen you and not cast you off”;^(H)
10 do not fear, for I am with you;
    do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
    I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.^(I)

¹¹ All who are incensed against you
    shall be ashamed and disgraced;
those who strive against you
    shall be as nothing and shall perish.^(J)
12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.^(K)
13 For I, the Lord your God,
    hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
    I will help you.”^(L)