Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

144 Blessed be the Lord, my ^(A)rock,
    ^(B)who trains my hands for war,
    and my fingers for battle;
² he is my ^(C)steadfast love and my ^(D)fortress,
    my ^(E)stronghold and my deliverer,
my ^(F)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who ^(G)subdues peoples^[a] under me.
³ O Lord, ^(H)what is man that you ^(I)regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
^4 (J)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like ^(K)a passing ^(L)shadow.
^5 (M)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    ^(N)Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
^6 (O)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    ^(P)send out your arrows and rout them!
^7 (Q)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(R)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(S)of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouths speak ^(T)lies
    and whose right hand is ^(U)a right hand of falsehood.
⁹ I will sing ^(V)a new song to you, O God;
    upon ^(W)a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰ who gives victory to kings,
    who ^(X)rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand ^(Y)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak ^(Z)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
¹² May our sons in their youth
    be like ^(AA)plants full grown,
our daughters like ^(AB)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
^13 (AC)may our granaries be full,
    ^(AD)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;^[b]
may there be no ^(AE)cry of distress in our streets!
^15 (AF)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    ^(AG)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

² In that day,
^(E)“A pleasant vineyard,^{[a] (F)}sing of it!
³     I, the Lord, am its keeper;
    every moment I water it.
    Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;
⁴     I have no wrath.
^(G)Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
    I would march against them,
    I would burn them up together.
⁵ Or let them lay hold of my protection,
    let them make peace with me,
    let them make peace with me.”
^6 (H)In days to come^[b] Jacob shall take root,
    Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
    and fill the whole world with fruit.