Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,^(D)
4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me^(E)
or have plundered^[b] my adversary without cause,^(F)
5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground^(G)
and leave my honor in the dust.^(H)Selah

⁶ Rise up, Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;^(I)
awake for me;^[c](J)
you have ordained a judgment.^(K)
7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;^(L)
take your seat on high over it.^(M)
8 The Lord judges the peoples;^(N)
vindicate me, Lord,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.^(O)

⁹ Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,^(P)
but establish the righteous.^(Q)
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions^[d]
is a righteous God.^(R)
10 My shield is with God,^(S)
who saves the upright in heart.^(T)
11 God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.^(U)

¹² If anyone does not repent,
he will sharpen his sword;^(V)
he has strung his bow and made it ready.^(W)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he tips his arrows with fire.^(X)

¹⁴ See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.^(Y)
15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.^(Z)
16 His trouble comes back on his own head;
his own violence comes down on top of his head.^(AA)

¹⁷ I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;
I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.^(AB)

⁷ I also withheld the rain from you^(C)
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.^(D)
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.^(E)
8 Two or three cities staggered
to another city to drink water^(F)
but were not satisfied,^(G)
yet you did not return^(H) to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

⁹ I struck you with blight and mildew;^(I)
the locust devoured^(J)
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,^(K)
yet you did not return to me.^(L)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹⁰ I sent plagues like those of Egypt;^(M)
I killed your young men with the sword,^(N)
along with your captured horses.^(O)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,^(P)
yet you did not return to me.^(Q)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹¹ I overthrew some of you
as I^[b] overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,^(R)
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,^(S)
yet you did not return to me^(T)—
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹² Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!^(U)
13 He is here:
the one who forms the mountains,^(V)
creates the wind,^(W)
and reveals his thoughts to man,^(X)
the one who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.^(Y)
The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.^(Z)