Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is ^(D)injustice in my hands,
⁴ If I have ^(E)rewarded evil to ^[e]my friend,
Or have ^(F)plundered ^[f]him who without cause was my adversary,
⁵ Let the enemy pursue ^[g]my soul and overtake ^[h]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. ^[i]Selah.

^6 (G)Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
^(H)Lift up Yourself against ^(I)the rage of my adversaries,
And ^(J)arouse Yourself ^[j]for me; You have appointed judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the ^(K)peoples encompass You,
And over ^[k]them return on high.
⁸ The Lord ^(L)judges the peoples;
^[l](M)Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
⁹ O let ^(N)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but ^(O)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God ^(P)tries the hearts and ^[m]minds.
¹⁰ My ^(Q)shield is ^[n]with God,
Who ^(R)saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a ^(S)righteous judge,
And a God who has ^(T)indignation every day.

¹² If ^[o]a man ^(U)does not repent, He will ^(V)sharpen His sword;
He has ^(W)bent His bow and ^[p]made it ready.
¹³ He has also prepared ^[q]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His ^(X)arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he ^(Y)conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
¹⁵ He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has ^(Z)fallen into the hole which he made.
¹⁶ His ^(AA)mischief will return upon his own head,
And his ^(AB)violence will descend upon ^[r]his own pate.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord ^(AC)according to His righteousness
And will ^(AD)sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

⁶ “But I gave you also ^(A)cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have ^(B)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
⁷ “Furthermore, I ^(C)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on ^(D)another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
⁸ “So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^(E)water,
But would ^(F)not be satisfied;
Yet you have ^(G)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
⁹ “I ^(H)smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the ^(I)caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have ^(J)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
¹⁰ “I sent a ^(K)plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I ^(L)slew your young men by the sword along with your ^(M)captured horses,
And I made the ^(N)stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^(O)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
¹¹ “I overthrew you, as ^(P)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^(Q)firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have ^(R)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
¹² “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^(S)meet your God, O Israel.”
¹³ For behold, He who ^(T)forms mountains and ^(U)creates the wind
And ^(V)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who ^(W)makes dawn into darkness
And ^(X)treads on the high places of the earth,
^(Y)The Lord God of hosts is His name.