Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

106 Halleluyah!

Give thanks to Adonai; for he is good,
for his grace continues forever.
² Who can express Adonai’s mighty doings
or proclaim in full his praise?
³ How happy are those who act justly,
who always do what is right!

⁴ Remember me, Adonai, when you show favor to your people,
keep me in mind when you save them;
⁵ so I can see how well things are going
with those whom you have chosen,
so that I can rejoice in your nation’s joy,
and glory in your heritage.

⁶ Together with our ancestors, we have sinned,
done wrong, acted wickedly.
⁷ Our ancestors in Egypt failed to grasp
the meaning of your wonders.
They didn’t keep in mind your great deeds of grace
but rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Suf.
⁸ Yet he saved them for his own name’s sake,
to make known his mighty power.
⁹ He rebuked the Sea of Suf, and it dried up;
he led them through its depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them from hostile hands,
redeemed them from the power of the foe.
¹¹ The water closed over their adversaries;
not one of them was left.

¹² Then they believed his words,
and they sang his praise.

41 “Keep silence before me, coastlands!
Let the peoples replenish their strength!
Let them approach; then let them speak.
Let us assemble for judgment.”
² Who has raised from the east one who is just
and called him to be in his service?
He hands nations over to him
and subjects kings to him;
his sword reduces them to dust,
his bow to driven straw.
³ He pursues them, passing on unscathed,
hardly touching the path with his feet.
⁴ Whose work is this? Who has brought it about?
He who called the generations from the beginning,
“I, Adonai, am the first;
and I am the same with those who are last.”
⁵ The coastlands have seen and became afraid.
The ends of the earth have trembled.
They have approached, and now they have come.

⁶ Every one helps his fellow workman,
everyone says to his brother, “Be strong!”
⁷ The woodworker encourages the goldsmith,
the polisher encourages the hammerer;
he says of the soldering, “Yes, that’s good,”
then puts nails in [the idol] to keep it from moving.

⁸ “But you, Isra’el, my servant;
Ya‘akov, whom I have chosen,
descendants of Avraham my friend,
⁹ I have taken you from the ends of the earth,
summoned you from its most distant parts
and said to you, ‘You are my servant’ —
I have chosen you, not rejected you.
¹⁰ Don’t be afraid, for I am with you;
don’t be distressed, for I am your God.
I give you strength, I give you help,
I support you with my victorious right hand.
¹¹ All those who were angry with you
will be disgraced, put to shame;
those who fought against you
will be destroyed, brought to nothing.
¹² You will seek them but not find them,
those who contended with you;
yes, those who made war with you
will be brought to nothing, nothing at all.
¹³ For I, Adonai, your God,
say to you, as I hold your right hand,
‘Have no fear; I will help you.