Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
    for His mercy endures forever.
² Who can recount the mighty acts of the Lord
    or declare all His praise?
³ Blessed are those who keep justice
    and who do righteousness at all times.
⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when You give favor to Your people;
    visit me with Your deliverance,
⁵ that I may see the goodness over Your chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
    that I may glory with Your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers did not consider
    Your wonders in Egypt;
they did not remember the greatness of Your mercy,
    but rebelled against Him at the sea, by the Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
    that He might make His mighty power known.
⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up,
    so He led them through the depths as through the wilderness.
¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them
    and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
¹¹ The waters covered their enemies;
    there was not one of them left.
¹² Then they believed His words;
    they sang His praise.

¹³ “The survivors
    came down to the nobles;
the people of the Lord
    came down for me against the mighty.
¹⁴ Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek,
    following you, Benjamin, with your people.
From Makir rulers came down,
    and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of a scribe.
¹⁵ The princes of Issachar were with Deborah,
    and Issachar was with Barak;
    they were sent into the valley on foot.
Among the clans of Reuben
    there was great resolve of heart.
¹⁶ Why do you sit among the sheepfolds
    to hear playing of pipes for the flocks?
In the clans of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
¹⁷ Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.
    As for Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
Asher stayed by the seacoast
    and settled by its bays.
¹⁸ Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the point of death,
    Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

¹⁹ “Kings came to wage war.
    The kings of Canaan waged war
in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
    they took no money as profit.
²⁰ From the heavens the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
²¹ The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
    that ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
    My soul, march on in strength!