Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ A psalm, a song for the dedication of the Temple, of David.
² I will exalt You, Adonai,
for You have lifted me up,
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
³ Adonai my God, I cried to You for help,
and You healed me.
⁴ Adonai, You brought my soul up from Sheol.
You kept me alive, so I would not go down to the Pit.
⁵ Sing praise to Adonai, His faithful ones,
and praise His holy name.
⁶ For His anger lasts for only a moment,
    His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may stay for the night,
    but joy comes in the morning.
⁷ When I felt secure, I said:
“I will never be shaken.”
⁸ Adonai, in Your favor
You made my mountain stand strong.
When You hid Your face,
I was terrified.
⁹ To You, Adonai, I called,
and to my Lord I made my plea:
¹⁰ “What gain is there in my blood,
    in my going down to the Pit?
    Will the dust praise You?
    Will it declare Your truth?
¹¹ Hear, Adonai, and be gracious to me.
    Adonai, be my help.”

¹¹ Woe to those who rise up early in the morning—
    so they may pursue liquor,
who stay up late at night,
    until wine inflames them!
¹² Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute,
    and wine are at their banquets.
They do not notice Adonai’s activity
    nor see the works of His hands.
¹³ “Therefore My people are in captivity
    for lack of knowledge.
Their honorable men are famished
    and their multitudes parched with thirst.
¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has enlarged its gullet
    and opened its measureless mouth—
down goes her glory, her tumult,
    her uproar, and the revelry in her.
¹⁵ So humanity will be bowed down
    mankind will be humbled,
and the eyes of the lofty humbled.”
¹⁶ But Adonai-Tzva’ot will be exalted through justice,
    and the Holy God consecrated through righteousness.
¹⁷ Then lambs will graze as if in their own pasture,
    and nomads will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.