Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ When I look at the heavens,
    the work of your fingers,
        the moon and the stars that you established—
⁴ what is man that you take notice of him,
    or the son of man^[c] that you pay attention to him?
⁵ You made him a little less than divine,^[d]
    but you crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ You gave him dominion over the work of your hands,
    you put all things under his feet:
⁷ Sheep and cattle—all of them,
    wild creatures of the field,
⁸ birds in the sky,
    fish in the sea—
        whatever moves through the currents of the oceans.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how excellent is your name in all the earth!

²² “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
    or seen where the hail is stored,
²³ which I’ve reserved for the tribulation to come,
    for the day of battle and war?
²⁴ Where is the lightning diffused
    or the east wind scattered around the earth?

²⁵ “Who cuts canals for storm floods,
    and paths for the lightning and thunder,
²⁶ to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants,
    a desert in which no human beings live,
²⁷ to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert,
    causing it to sprout vegetation?

²⁸ “Does the rain have a father?
    Who fathered the dew?
²⁹ Whose womb brings forth the ice?
    Who gives birth to frost out of an empty^[a] sky,
³⁰ when water solidifies^[b] like stone
    and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?

³⁴ “Can you call out to the clouds,
    so that abundant water drenches you?
³⁵ Can you command the lightning,
    so that it goes forth and calls to you, ‘Look at us!’^[c]

³⁶ “Who sets wisdom within you,
    or imbues your mind with understanding?
³⁷ Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds,
    or to empty^[d] the water jars of heaven,
³⁸ when dust dries into a mass
    and then breaks apart into clods?