Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

20 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. A psalm of David:

^2 (1) May Adonai answer you in times of distress,
may the name of the God of Ya‘akov protect you.
^3 (2) May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Tziyon.
^4 (3) May he be reminded by all your grain offerings
and accept the fat of your burnt offerings. (Selah)
^5 (4) May he grant you your heart’s desire
and bring all your plans to success.

^6 (5) Then we will shout for joy at your victory
and fly our flags in the name of our God.
May Adonai fulfill all your requests.

^7 (6) Now I know that Adonai
gives victory to his anointed one —
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.

^8 (7) Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we praise the name of Adonai our God.
^9 (8) They will crumple and fall,
but we will arise and stand erect.

^10 (9) Give victory, Adonai!
Let the King answer us the day we call.

² Adonai, I have heard the report about you.
Adonai, I am awed by your deeds.
Bring your work to life in our own age,
make it known in our own time;
but in anger, remember compassion.
³ God comes from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Pa’ran. (Selah)
His splendor covers the sky,
and his praise fills the earth.
⁴ His brightness is like the sun,
rays come forth from his hand —
that is where his power is concealed.
⁵ Before him goes pestilence,
and close behind, the plague.
⁶ When he stands up, the earth shakes;
when he looks, the nations tremble,
the eternal mountains are smashed to pieces,
the ancient hills sink down;
the ancient paths are his.
⁷ I saw trouble in the tents of Kushan
and the tent hangings shaking in the land of Midyan.

⁸ Adonai, is it against the rivers,
against the rivers that your anger is inflamed?
Is your fury directed at the sea?
Is that why you ride on your horses,
and drive your chariots to victory?
⁹ You brandish your naked bow
and order it filled with arrows. (Selah)
You split the earth with rivers.
¹⁰ The mountains see you and tremble;
a torrent of water streams by;
the deep thunders forth,
as it raises enormous waves.
¹¹ The sun and moon stand still in the sky
at the light of your arrows speeding by,
at the gleam of your glittering spear.
¹² In fury you stride across the land,
in anger you trample the nations.
¹³ You come out to save your people,
to save your anointed one;
you crush the head of the house of the wicked,
uncovering its foundation all the way to the neck.
¹⁴ With their own rods you pierce the head of their warriors,
who come like a whirlwind to scatter us,
who rejoice at the prospect
of devouring the poor in secret.
¹⁵ You tread down the sea with your horses,
churning up the mighty waters.