Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ Ascribe to the Lord, you sons of God,^[a]
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
² Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.
Bow down to the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
³ The voice of the Lord is heard over the waters.
The God of glory thunders.
The Lord thunders above the mighty waters.
⁴ The voice of the Lord thunders in power.
The voice of the Lord thunders in majesty.
⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars.
The Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Mount Lebanon skip like a calf.
Sirion^[b] skips like a young wild ox.
⁷ The voice of the Lord slashes with flashes of fire.
⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness.
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
⁹ The voice of the Lord destroys the oaks^[c]
and strips the forests bare.
So in his temple they all say, “Glory!”
¹⁰ The Lord is seated over the flood.
The Lord is seated as King forever.
¹¹ The Lord gives strength to his people.
The Lord blesses his people with peace.

² This will take place in the latter days:
The mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it like a river.
³ Many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
Then he will instruct us about his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For from Zion the law^[a] will go out,
and the Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
⁴ He will judge between the nations,
and he will mediate for many peoples.
Then they will beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into blades for trimming vines.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
nor will they learn war anymore.
⁵ O house of Jacob, come,
and let us walk in the light of the Lord.