Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
²     in you, O my God, I trust.
Do not let me be put to shame,
    or permit my enemies to gloat over me.
³ No one who places his hope in you
    will ever be put to shame,
but shame will be the lot of all
    who break faith without justification.
^4 [c]Make your ways known to me, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Guide me in your truth and instruct me,
    for you are God, my Savior,
    and in you I hope all the day long.
⁶ Be mindful, O Lord, that mercy and kindness
    have been yours from of old.
⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth
    or my many transgressions,
but remember me in your kindness,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.
^8 [d]Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore, he instructs sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right
    and teaches them the path to follow.
¹⁰ The ways of the Lord^[e] are kindness and truth
    for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

²⁶ “Nevertheless they grew disobedient,
    rebelled against you,
    and cast your law behind their backs.
They also killed your prophets
    who bore witness against them
to bring them back to you,
    while they committed great blasphemies.
²⁷ Therefore, you delivered them
    into the power of their enemies
    who caused them to suffer greatly.
But when they would cry out to you
    in the midst of their oppression,
from heaven you heard them,
    and in your great compassion
you would send them saviors
    to deliver them from the clutches
    of their oppressors.
²⁸ “However, after some respite,
    they would resume their evil deeds,
and so the Lord abandoned them to their enemies
    who then became their rulers.
When once again they appealed to you,
    you heard them from heaven,
and because of your compassion
    you rescued them on many occasions.
²⁹ You solemnly warned them
    in order to bring them back to your law.
However, they became arrogant
    and refused to obey your commandments,
and they sinned against your ordinances
    whose observance would bring life
    to those who keep them.
Rather they stubbornly turned aside,
    and in their obstinacy they refused to obey.
³⁰ “You were patient with them for many years
    and warned them by your spirit
    through the prophets.
However, when they continued to refuse to listen,
    you put them at the mercy
    of the people of other lands.
³¹ Yet even so, because of your great compassion,
    you did not completely destroy them,
nor did you forsake them,
    for you are a gracious and merciful God.