Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show kindness
    by saving your people.
⁵ Let me prosper with the rest
    of your chosen ones,
as they celebrate with pride
    because they belong to you.

⁶ We and our ancestors
    have sinned terribly.
^7 (B) When they were in Egypt,
    they paid no attention
to your marvelous deeds
    or your wonderful love.
And they turned against you
    at the Red Sea.^[a]

⁸ But you were true to your name,
and you rescued them to prove
    how mighty you are.
^9 (C) You said to the Red Sea,^[b]
    “Dry up!”
Then you led your people across
    on land as dry as a desert.
¹⁰ You saved all of them
¹¹ and drowned every one
    of their enemies.
^12 (D) Then your people trusted you
    and sang your praises.

¹³ The Lord's people who were left
joined with their leaders
    and fought at my side.^[a]
14 Troops came from Ephraim,
    where Amalekites once lived.
Others came from Benjamin;
officers and leaders came
    from Machir and Zebulun.
¹⁵ The rulers of Issachar
    came along with Deborah,
and Issachar followed Barak
    into the valley.

But the tribe of Reuben
    was no help at all!^[b]
16 Reuben, why did you stay
    among your sheep pens?^[c]
Was it to listen to shepherds
    whistling for their sheep?
No one could figure out
    why Reuben wouldn't come.^[d]
17 The people of Gilead stayed
    across the Jordan.
Why did the tribe of Dan
    remain on their ships
and the tribe of Asher
stay along the coast
    near the harbors?

¹⁸ But soldiers of Zebulun
    and Naphtali
risked their lives
    to attack the enemy.^[e]
19 Canaanite kings fought us
at Taanach by the stream
    near Megiddo^[f]—
but they couldn't rob us
    of our silver.^[g]
20 From their pathways in the sky
    the stars^[h] fought Sisera,
²¹ and his soldiers were swept away
    by the ancient Kishon River.

I will march on and be brave.