Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

106 Praise Yahweh!
    Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
    for his loving kindness endures forever.
² Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
    or fully declare all his praise?
³ Blessed are those who keep justice.
    Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
⁴ Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
    Visit me with your salvation,
⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
    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 didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
    They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
    but were rebellious at the sea, even at 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 also, and it was dried up;
    so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
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 adversaries.
    There was not one of them left.
¹² Then they believed his words.
    They sang his praise.

¹³ “Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down.
    Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
¹⁴ Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim,
    after you, Benjamin, among your peoples.
Governors come down out of Machir.
    Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
¹⁵ The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.
    As was Issachar, so was Barak.
    They rushed into the valley at his feet.
By the watercourses of Reuben,
    there were great resolves of heart.
¹⁶ Why did you sit among the sheepfolds?
    To hear the whistling for the flocks?
At the watercourses of Reuben,
    there were great searchings of heart.
¹⁷ Gilead lived beyond the Jordan.
    Why did Dan remain in ships?
    Asher sat still at the haven of the sea,
    and lived by his creeks.
¹⁸ Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death;
    Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

¹⁹ “The kings came and fought,
    then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.
    They took no plunder of silver.
²⁰ From the sky the stars fought.
    From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
²¹ The river Kishon swept them away,
    that ancient river, the river Kishon.
    My soul, march on with strength.