Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

76 In Judah God is ^(C)known;
    his name is great in Israel.
² His ^(D)abode has been established in ^(E)Salem,
    his ^(F)dwelling place in Zion.
³ There he ^(G)broke the flashing arrows,
    the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
⁴ Glorious are you, more majestic
    ^(H)than the mountains of ^(I)prey.
^5 (J)The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;
    ^(K)they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
    were unable to use their hands.
⁶ At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
    both ^(L)rider and horse lay stunned.
^7 (M)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can ^(N)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgement;
    ^(O)the earth feared and was still,
⁹ when God ^(P)arose to establish judgement,
    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
¹⁰ Surely ^(Q)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant^[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.
^11 (R)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all round him ^(S)bring gifts
    to him who ^(T)is to be feared,
¹² who ^(U)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who ^(V)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

^(G)“Behold, I am against you,
    Pharaoh king of Egypt,
^(H)the great dragon that lies
    in the midst of his streams,
^(I)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
    I made it for myself.’
⁴ I will ^(J)put hooks in your jaws,
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
    with all the fish of your streams
    that stick to your scales.
^5 (K)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall ^(L)on the open field,
    and ^(M)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
    ^(N)I give you as food.

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
    ^(H)who is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
    and ^(I)begun to reign.
¹⁸ The nations raged,
    but ^(J)your wrath came,
    and ^(K)the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants,^[a] the prophets and saints,
    and ^(L)those who fear your name,
    both small and great,
and ^(M)for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”