Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

² To you we owe our hymn of praise,
    O God on Zion;
To you our vows^[b] must be fulfilled,
^{3     [c]}you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come^(A)
4     with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
    only you can pardon them.^(B)
5 Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring
    to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house,
    your holy temple!

⁶ You answer us with awesome deeds^[d] of justice,
    O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of those far off across the sea.^(C)
7 You are robed in power,
    you set up the mountains by your might.
⁸ You still the roaring of the seas,^(D)
    the roaring of their waves,
    the tumult of the peoples.^(E)
9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
    the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
^10 [e]You visit the earth and water it,
    make it abundantly fertile.^(F)
God’s stream^[f] is filled with water;
    you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
¹¹     you drench its plowed furrows,
    and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
    blessing its young sprouts.
¹² You adorn the year with your bounty;
    your paths^[g] drip with fruitful rain.
¹³ The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
    the hills are robed with joy.
¹⁴ The pastures are clothed with flocks,
    the valleys blanketed with grain;
    they cheer and sing for joy.^(G)

^1 [a]Blow the horn in Zion,
    sound the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord is coming!^(A)
Yes, it approaches,
²     a day of darkness and gloom,
    a day of thick clouds!
Like dawn^[b] spreading over the mountains,
    a vast and mighty army!
Nothing like it has ever happened in ages past,
    nor will the future hold anything like it,
    even to the most distant generations.^(B)
3 Before it,^[c] fire devours,
    behind it flame scorches.
The land before it is like the garden of Eden,
    and behind it, a desolate wilderness;
    from it nothing escapes.^(C)
4 Their appearance is that of horses;
    like war horses they run.
⁵ Like the rumble of chariots
    they hurtle across mountaintops;
Like the crackling of fiery flames
    devouring stubble;
Like a massive army
    in battle formation.^(D)
6 Before them peoples tremble,
    every face turns pale.^(E)
7 Like warriors they run,
    like soldiers they scale walls,
Each advancing in line,
    without swerving from the course.
⁸ No one crowds the other;
    each advances in its own track;
They plunge through the weapons;
    they are not checked.
⁹ They charge the city,
    they run upon the wall,
    they climb into the houses;
Through the windows
    they enter like thieves.