Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

^1 [b]Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his kindness^[c] endures forever.
² Let Israel say,
    “His kindness endures forever.”

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.^[a]
15 Joyful shouts of triumph
    ring out in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord has done wondrous deeds;
¹⁶     the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
    the right hand of the Lord has done wondrous deeds.”
¹⁷ I shall not die; rather I shall live
    and recount^[b] the works of the Lord.
¹⁸ Even though the Lord punished me harshly,
    he did not hand me over to death.
^19 [c]Open to me the gates of righteousness
    so that I may enter them and praise the Lord.
²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord
    through which the righteous enter.
²¹ I thank you for having answered me;
    you have become my salvation.
^22 [d]The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.
²³ This is the Lord’s doing,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;^[e]
    let us exult and rejoice in it.

“I will sing in honor of the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant,
    horse and horseman he has cast into the sea.
² My strength and my song is the Lord,
    for he has saved me.
He is my God, and I wish to praise him,
    the God of my father, and I wish to exalt him.
³ “The Lord is a warrior,
    Lord is his name.
⁴ He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
    His choice troops were drowned in the Red Sea.
⁵ The depths covered them
    and they sank like a stone.
⁶ “Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in its power.
    Your right hand, O Lord, has destroyed the enemy.
⁷ With the greatness of your majesty you have overthrown those who rose up against you.
    You sent forth your anger and it devoured them like straw.
⁸ At the breath of your nostrils, the waters piled up.
    The flood waters piled up and stood like a mound;
    the deep waters congealed in the midst of the sea.
⁹ “The enemy had said, ‘I will pursue and overtake them.
    I will divide the spoil, and my passion will be satisfied on them.
    I will draw my sword, and my hand will destroy them.’
¹⁰ You blew your wind, and the sea covered them.
    Like lead they sank in the mighty waters.
¹¹ “Who is like you among the gods, O Lord?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in praise, doing wonders?
¹² You extended your right hand
    and the earth swallowed them.
¹³ “In your mercy you guided the people you had redeemed.
    You guided them with strength to your holy dwelling.
¹⁴ The people will hear and be afraid.
    Anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
¹⁵ The leaders of Edom tremble,
    the mighty ones of Moab are gripped with fear,
    all the inhabitants of Canaan melt away.
¹⁶ Fear and terror fall upon them.
    The greatness of your arm makes them still as stone,
    until your people have passed over, O Lord,
    until your people whom you have acquired have passed over.
¹⁷ You will bring them in and plant them
    on the mountain of your inheritance,
    in the place that you have prepared for your dwelling, O Lord,
    the sanctuary that your own hands have founded.
¹⁸ The Lord reigns forever and ever.”