Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

98 O sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
    have gotten him victory.
² The Lord has made known his victory,
    he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
³ He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
    the victory of our God.

³  “Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and worthy of praise;
    and thy name is glorified for ever.
⁴  For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us,
    and all thy works are true and thy ways right,
    and all thy judgments are truth.
⁵  Thou hast executed true judgments in all that thou hast brought upon us
    and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers,
    for in truth and justice thou hast brought all this upon us because of our sins.
⁶  For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed from thee,
    and have sinned in all things and have not obeyed thy commandments;
⁷  we have not observed them or done them,
    as thou hast commanded us that it might go well with us.
⁸  So all that thou hast brought upon us,
    and all that thou hast done to us,
    thou hast done in true judgment.
⁹  Thou hast given us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels,
    and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the world.
¹⁰  And now we cannot open our mouths;
    shame and disgrace have befallen thy servants and worshipers.
¹¹  For thy name’s sake do not give us up utterly,
    and do not break thy covenant,
¹²      and do not withdraw thy mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham thy beloved
    and for the sake of Isaac thy servant
    and Israel thy holy one,
¹³  to whom thou didst promise
    to make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven
    and as the sand on the shore of the sea.
¹⁴  For we, O Lord, have become fewer than any nation,
    and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins.
¹⁵  And at this time there is no prince, or prophet, or leader,
    no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense,
    no place to make an offering before thee or to find mercy.
¹⁶  Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted,
    as though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls,
    and with tens of thousands of fat lambs;
¹⁷      such may our sacrifice be in thy sight this day,
    and may we wholly follow thee,
    for there will be no shame for those who trust in thee.
¹⁸  And now with all our heart we follow thee,
    we fear thee and seek thy face.
¹⁹  Do not put us to shame,
    but deal with us in thy forbearance
    and in thy abundant mercy.
²⁰  Deliver us in accordance with thy marvelous works,
    and give glory to thy name, O Lord!
Let all who do harm to thy servants be put to shame;
²¹      let them be disgraced and deprived of all power and dominion,
    and let their strength be broken.
²²  Let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God,
    glorious over the whole world.”

²⁹  “Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers,
    and to be praised and highly exalted for ever;
³⁰  And blessed is thy glorious, holy name
    and to be highly praised and highly exalted for ever;
³¹  Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holy glory
    and to be extolled and highly glorified for ever.
³²  Blessed art thou, who sittest upon cherubim and lookest upon the deeps,
    and to be praised and highly exalted for ever.
³³  Blessed art thou upon the throne of thy kingdom
    and to be extolled and highly exalted for ever.
³⁴  Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven
    and to be sung and glorified for ever.

“So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
    and shall be found no more;
²² and the sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters,
    shall be heard in thee no more;
and a craftsman of any craft
    shall be found in thee no more;
and the sound of the millstone
    shall be heard in thee no more;
²³ and the light of a lamp
    shall shine in thee no more;
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
    shall be heard in thee no more;
for thy merchants were the great men of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.
²⁴ And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
    and of all who have been slain on earth.”