Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁶ Now I know the Lord helps his chosen king.
    From his holy heaven he answered.
    With his great power he saved him.
⁷ Some give the credit for victory to their chariots and soldiers,
    but we honor the Lord our God.
⁸ They fall in battle, totally defeated,
    but we survive and stand strong!

⁹ Lord, save the king!
    Answer us when we call to you for help.

² Lord, I have heard the news about you.
    I am amazed, Lord, at the powerful things you did in the past.
Now I pray that you will do great things in our time.
    Please make these things happen in our own days.
But in your anger,
    remember to show mercy to us. Selah

³ God is coming from Teman.
    The Holy One is coming from Mount Paran. Selah

His glory covers the heavens,
    and his praise fills the earth!
⁴ Rays of light shine from his hand, a bright, shining light.
    There is such power hiding in that hand.
⁵ The sickness went before him,
    and the destroyer followed behind him.^[a]
6 He stood and judged the earth.
    He looked at the people of all the nations,
    and they shook with fear.
For many years the mountains stood strong,
    but those mountains fell to pieces.
Those old, old hills fell down.
    God has always been able to do that.

⁷ I saw that the cities of Cushan were in trouble
    and that the houses of Midian trembled with fear.
⁸ Lord, were you angry at the rivers?
    Were you angry at the streams?
Were you angry at the sea?
    Were you angry when you rode your horses and chariots to victory?

⁹ Even then you showed your rainbow.
    It was proof of your agreement with the families of the earth.^[b] Selah

And the dry land split the rivers.
¹⁰     The mountains saw you and shook.
The water flowed off the land.
    The water from the sea made a loud noise
    as it lost its power over the land.
¹¹ The sun and the moon lost their brightness.
    They stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes of lightning.
    That lightning was like spears and arrows shooting through the air.
¹² In anger you walked on the earth
    and punished the nations.
¹³ You came to save your people
    and to lead your chosen king^[c] to victory.
You killed the leader in every evil family,
    from the least important person
    to the most important in the land.^[d] Selah

¹⁴ You used Moses’ walking stick
    to stop the enemy soldiers.
Those soldiers came
    like a powerful storm to fight against us.
They thought they could defeat us easily,
    as robbing the poor in secret.
¹⁵ But you marched your horses
    through the deep water, stirring up the mud.