Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁶ Now I know that the Lord will save
    the king that he has chosen.
God will agree to help him from his holy place in heaven.
God will use his great power to make his king safe.
⁷ Some people hope that their chariots will keep them safe.
    Other people trust their horses to save them.
But we will trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸ Those people will fall down,
    and they will not get up again.
But we will get up and stand again,
    and we will be strong.
⁹ Lord, help the king to win against his enemies!
    Please answer us when we ask you for help.

² Lord, I have heard the report about you.
I see the things that you have done, Lord,
    and I respect your power.
Please do great things like that again.
    Do them again now for us to see.
When you are angry with us,
    please still remember to be kind!
³ God is coming from Teman!
    The Holy God is coming from Paran mountain.^[a]
Selah.
His beautiful power covers the whole sky!
    People praise him all over the earth!
⁴ He is as bright as the sunrise.
    His hands throw bright lightning!
    That is where he hides his power.
⁵ As he marches to war,
    bad disease marches with him.
⁶ God stands ready to fight,
    and he causes the earth to shake.
He looks at the nations
    and they shake with fear.
The very old mountains break into pieces.
    The old hills fall down flat.
He travels on roads that have been there for ever.
⁷ I see the tents where Cushan's people live,
    and the people are afraid.
The people in Midian are shaking with fear.
⁸ Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord?
    Did the sea make you so angry?
You rode on your chariots as horses pulled them!
    You rode into battle to win against your enemies.
⁹ You have prepared your bow.
    You are ready to shoot your arrows.
Selah.
You send rivers of water to cut the earth into pieces.
¹⁰ The mountains see you and they shake.
    Rain pours down from the sky and it causes floods.
The deep sea roars
    and it lifts its waves up high.
¹¹ You shoot your bright arrows
    so that the sun and the moon stand still in the sky.
Your bright spear flies like lightning,
    and the sun and the moon do not move!
¹² You angrily march across the earth.
You knock down the armies of the nations,
    because you are so angry.
¹³ You have marched out to rescue your people,
    and to save your special servant.^[b]
You have knocked down the leader of the wicked nation.
You have removed all his clothes,
    from head to foot.
Selah.
¹⁴ You threw his own spear into his head,
    and you destroyed his army.
When his soldiers rushed out to attack us,
    they were laughing.
They thought that they would easily win against us,
    as if we were poor, weak people.
¹⁵ But you, Lord, marched across the sea with your horses.
    You made the waters of the sea shake.