Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ My God, I will sing a new song to you.
    I will make music to you on a lyre that has ten strings.
¹⁰ You are the God who helps kings win battles.
    You save your servant David.

From death by the sword ¹¹ save me.
    Set me free from outsiders who attack me.
They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths.
    Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don’t mean it.

¹² While our sons are young,
    they will be like healthy plants.
Our daughters will be like pillars
    that have been made to decorate a palace.
¹³ Our storerooms will be filled
    with every kind of food.
The sheep in our fields will increase by thousands.
    They will increase by tens of thousands.
¹⁴     Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
None of our city walls will be broken down.
    No one will be carried off as a prisoner.
    No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.

¹⁵ Blessed is the nation about whom all these things are true.
    Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.

⁶ “Who is this man coming up from the desert
    like a column of smoke?
He smells like myrrh and incense
    made from all the spices of the trader.
⁷ Look! There’s Solomon’s movable throne.
    Sixty soldiers accompany it.
    They have been chosen from the best warriors in Israel.
⁸ All of them are wearing swords.
    They have fought many battles.
Each one has his sword at his side.
    Each is prepared for the terrors of the night.
⁹ King Solomon made the movable throne for himself.
    He made it out of wood from Lebanon.
¹⁰ He formed its posts out of silver.
    He made its base out of gold.
Its seat was covered with purple cloth.
    It was decorated inside with love.
Women of Jerusalem, ¹¹     come out.

“Look, you women of Zion.
    Look at King Solomon wearing his crown.
    His mother placed it on him.
She did it on his wedding day.
    His heart was full of joy.”