Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

“My soul magnifies Adonai;
⁴⁷     and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior,
⁴⁸ who has taken notice of his servant-girl
    in her humble position.^[a]
For — imagine it! — from now on, all generations will call me blessed!
⁴⁹     “The Mighty One has done great things for me!
Indeed, his name is holy; ⁵⁰ and in every generation
    he has mercy on those who fear him.^[b]

⁵¹ “He has performed mighty deeds with his arm,
    routed the secretly proud,
⁵² brought down rulers from their thrones,
    raised up the humble,
⁵³ filled the hungry with good things,
    but sent the rich away empty.

⁵⁴ “He has taken the part of his servant Isra’el,
    mindful of the mercy
⁵⁵ which he promised to our fathers,
    to Avraham and his seed forever.”

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty,
they will gaze on a land stretching into the distance.
¹⁸ Your mind will meditate on the terror:
“Where is the man who did the counting?
Where is the man who did the weighing?
Where is the man who numbered the towers?”
¹⁹ You will not see the intransigent people,
that people whose language is so obscure,
whose stuttering speech you cannot understand.

²⁰ Look at Tziyon, the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Yerushalayim a secure abode,
a tent that will not be removed,
whose pegs will never be pulled out
and whose guy-ropes will not be cut.
²¹ But there in his splendor Adonai will be with us,
in a place of rivers and broad streams.
But no boat with oars will go there,
no majestic ship will pass by.
²² For Adonai is our judge, Adonai is our lawgiver,
Adonai is our king. He will save us.