Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴ Make your ways known to me, Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Lead me in your truth—teach it to me—
    because you are the God who saves me.
        I put my hope in you all day long.
⁶ Lord, remember your compassion and faithful love—
    they are forever!
⁷ But don’t remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoing.
    Remember me only according to your faithful love
        for the sake of your goodness, Lord.

⁸ The Lord is good and does the right thing;
    he teaches sinners which way they should go.
⁹ God guides the weak to justice,
    teaching them his way.
¹⁰ All the Lord’s paths are loving and faithful
    for those who keep his covenant and laws.

¹⁶ But our ancestors acted arrogantly.
        They were stubborn and wouldn’t obey your commandments.
¹⁷         They refused to obey,
            and didn’t remember the wonders that you accomplished in their midst.
        They acted arrogantly and decided to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But you are a God ready to forgive, merciful and compassionate,
        very patient, and truly faithful.
        You didn’t forsake them.
¹⁸ Even when they had cast an image of a calf for themselves,
        saying, “This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,”
            and holding you in great contempt,
¹⁹     you, in your great mercy, didn’t abandon them in the wilderness.
        The column of cloud continued to guide them on their journey during the day,
            and the column of lightning lit their path during the night.
²⁰ You gave your good spirit to teach them.
        You didn’t withhold your manna from them,
        and you gave them water for their thirst.
²¹ You kept them alive for forty years—
        they lacked nothing in the wilderness!
        Their clothes didn’t wear out,
            and their feet didn’t swell.

²² You gave them kingdoms and peoples,
            and assigned to them every side.^[a]
        They took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon
            and the land of King Og of Bashan.
²³ You multiplied their descendants as the stars of heaven.
        You brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess.
²⁴ So the descendants went in and possessed the land.
        Before them, you subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land.
        You also handed over to them their kings and the neighboring peoples,
            to do with as they wished.
²⁵ They captured fortified cities and productive land,
        and took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,
            excavated cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and a great many fruit trees.
They ate until they were satisfied and grew fat,
        and delighted themselves in your great goodness.