Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
If there is ^(D)injustice in my hands,
⁴ If I have ^(E)rewarded evil to him who ^[c]is at peace with me,
Or have ^(F)plundered my adversary without cause,
⁵ Let the enemy pursue ^[d]my soul and overtake ^[e]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. ^[f]Selah.

^6 (G)Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;
^(H)Lift up Yourself against ^(I)the fury of my adversaries,
And ^(J)arouse Yourself ^[g]for me; You have appointed judgment.
⁷ Let the congregation of the ^(K)peoples encompass You,
And over ^[h]them return on high.
⁸ Yahweh ^(L)judges the peoples;
^[i](M)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, 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)tests the hearts and ^[j]minds.
¹⁰ My ^(Q)shield is ^[k]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 ^[l]a man ^(U)does not repent, He will ^(V)sharpen His sword;
He has ^(W)bent His bow and prepared it.
¹³ He has also prepared ^[m]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His ^(X)arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he ^(Y)conceives mischief and gives birth to 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 ^[n]his own skull.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to Yahweh ^(AC)according to His righteousness
And will ^(AD)sing praise to the name of Yahweh 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 Yahweh.
⁷ “And I also ^(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 portion would be rained on,
While the portion not rained on would dry up.
⁸ So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink ^(E)water,
But would ^(F)not be satisfied;
Yet you have ^(G)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
⁹ “I ^(H)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the ^(I)gnawing locust was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;
Yet you have ^(J)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
¹⁰ “I sent a ^(K)pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;
I ^(L)killed your choice men by the sword along with your ^(M)captured horses,
And I made the ^(N)stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^(O)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
¹¹ “I overthrew you as ^(P)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^(Q)firebrand ^[a]delivered from a blaze;
Yet you have ^(R)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
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 gloom
And ^(X)treads on the high places of the earth,
^(Y)Yahweh God of hosts is His name.