Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

20 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. A psalm of David:

^2 (1) May Adonai answer you in times of distress,
may the name of the God of Ya‘akov protect you.
^3 (2) May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Tziyon.
^4 (3) May he be reminded by all your grain offerings
and accept the fat of your burnt offerings. (Selah)
^5 (4) May he grant you your heart’s desire
and bring all your plans to success.

^6 (5) Then we will shout for joy at your victory
and fly our flags in the name of our God.
May Adonai fulfill all your requests.

^7 (6) Now I know that Adonai
gives victory to his anointed one —
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.

^8 (7) Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we praise the name of Adonai our God.
^9 (8) They will crumple and fall,
but we will arise and stand erect.

^10 (9) Give victory, Adonai!
Let the King answer us the day we call.

26 On that day this song will be sung
in the land of Y’hudah:
“We have a strong city!
He has built walls and ramparts for our safety.
² Open the gates! Let the righteous nation enter,
a nation that keeps faith!
³ “A person whose desire rests on you
you preserve in perfect peace,
because he trusts in you.
⁴ Trust in Adonai forever,
because in Yah Adonai,
is a Rock of Ages.”

⁵ For he has humbled those in high places,
levelling the lofty city,
levelling it to the ground,
laying it in the dust.
⁶ It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the poor,
by the footsteps of the needy.

⁷ The way of the righteous is level;
Righteous One, you smooth the path for the righteous.
⁸ Following the way of your judgments,
we put our hope in you.
The desire of all our soul
is to remember you and your name.
⁹ My soul desires you at night,
my spirit in me seeks you at dawn;
for when your judgments are here on earth,
the people in the world learn what righteousness is.