Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴ Lord, ·tell me [make me know] your ways.
    ·Show [^LTeach] me ·how to live [^Lyour paths].
⁵ ·Guide [Lead] me in your truth,
    and teach me, my God, my ·Savior [Helper; Victor].
    I ·trust [hope in; wait on] you all day long.
⁶ Lord, remember your ·mercy [compassion] and ·love [loyalty; covenant love]
    that you have shown since long ago.
⁷ Do not remember the sins
    and ·wrong things I did when I was young [transgressions of my youth].
But remember ·to love me [^Laccording to your love/loyalty/covenant love] always
    ·because you are good [on account of your goodness], Lord.

⁸ The Lord is good and ·right [upright; virtuous];
    he ·points [instructs] sinners to the right way.
⁹ He shows those who are humble how to do right,
    and he teaches them his ways.
¹⁰ All the Lord’s ·ways [paths] are ·loving [loyal] and ·true [reliable]
    for those who ·follow [keep; guard] the demands of his ·agreement [covenant].

¹⁶ “But ·our ancestors [^Lthey, our fathers,] were ·proud [arrogant; insolent] and ·stubborn [rebellious; ^Lstiff-necked]
    and did not ·obey [listen/pay attention to] your commands.
¹⁷ They refused to ·listen [obey];
    they ·forgot [^Ldid not remember/recall] the ·miracles [wonders] you ·did [performed] ·for [among] them.
So they became ·stubborn [rebellious; ^Lstiff-necked],
    ·choosing [appointing] a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt.^[a]
But you are a forgiving God.
    You are ·kind [gracious] and ·full of mercy [compassionate].
You ·do not become angry quickly [^Tare slow to anger], and ·you have great [abounding in unfailing/steadfast] love [compare Ex. 34:6; Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:15, 145:8; Joel 2:13]
    So you did not ·leave [abandon; desert; forsake] them.
¹⁸ ·Our ancestors [^LThey] even ·made [cast] a calf [^Cas an idol] for themselves.
    They said, ‘This is your god
    who brought you up out of Egypt [Ex. 32].’
They ·spoke against you [^Lcommitted great blasphemies].

¹⁹ “You have great ·mercy [compassion],
    so you did not ·leave [abandon; desert; forsake] them in the ·desert [wilderness].
The pillar of cloud ·guided them by day [^Ldid not turn from them by day in guiding them in the path],
    ·and the pillar of fire led them at night,
    lighting the way they were to go [nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel].
²⁰ You ·gave [sent; imparted] your good Spirit to ·teach [instruct] them.
    You ·gave them manna to eat [^Ldid not withhold manna from their mouth]
    and gave them water when they were thirsty.
²¹ You ·took care of [sustained; provided for] them for forty years in the ·desert [wilderness];
    they ·needed [lacked] nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
    and their feet did not swell.

²² “You gave them kingdoms and ·nations [peoples; ^Cto conquer];
    you ·gave them more land [put them in every corner; ^Lallotted/allocated to them every corner/frontier].
They ·took over [took possession of; inherited] the country of Sihon king of Heshbon
    and the country of Og king of Bashan [Num. 21:21–33].
²³ You made their ·children [descendants; sons] as ·many [numerous] as the stars ·in the sky [of heaven; Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4],
    and you brought them into the land
    that you told their ·ancestors [fathers] to enter and ·take over [possess].
²⁴ So their ·children [descendants; sons] went into the land and took ·over [possession].
    The Canaanites lived there, but you ·defeated them for [subdued them before] our ancestors.
You handed over to them the Canaanites, their kings, and the ·people [peoples] of the land.
    ·Our ancestors [^LThey] could ·do what they wanted with them [deal with them as they pleased].
²⁵ They captured ·strong, walled [fortified] cities and fertile land.
    They took over houses full of good things,
    ·wells [cisterns] that were already dug,
    vineyards, olive ·trees [groves], and ·many [abundant] fruit trees.
They ate until they were full and grew fat;
    they ·enjoyed [reveled; delighted themselves in] your great goodness.