Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

8 (For the one directing. According to the gittit. Mizmor of Dovid). Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz Who hast set Thy glory above HaShomayim.

^2 (3) Out of the mouth of olelim and infants hast Thou established strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

^3 (4) When I consider Thy heavens, the ma’asim of Thy fingers, the yarei’ach and the kokhavim, which Thou hast ordained;

^4 (5) What is enosh (mankind), that Thou art mindful of him? And the ben adam, that Thou visitest him?

^5 (6) For Thou hast made him a little lower than elohim [or Elohim, Gn 1:27], and hast crowned him with kavod and hadar.

^6 (7) Thou madest him to have dominion over the ma’asim of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

^7 (8) All sheep and oxen, yea, and the behemot sadeh;

^8 (9) The fowl of the air, and the dag (fish) of the yam, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

^9 (10) Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz!

²² Hast thou entered into the otzrot (storehouses) of the snow? Or hast thou seen the otzrot of barad (hail),

²³ Which I have reserved for the time of tzar, for the yom kerav (battle) and milchamah (war)?

²⁴ Which is the derech where the ohr is distributed, where is scattered the east wind upon eretz?

²⁵ Who hath cut a channel for the overflowing of waters, or a derech for the lightning of thunder,

²⁶ To cause it to rain on eretz, where lo ish is; on midbar, wherein there is lo adam;

²⁷ To saturate a desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the desheh to spring forth?

²⁸ Hath the rain an av? Or who hath begotten the drops of tal (dew)?

²⁹ Out of whose beten cometh the ice? And the frost of Shomayim, who giveth birth to it?

³⁰ The mayim harden like even (stone), and the face of tehom is frozen.

³¹ Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bonds of Orion?

³² Canst thou bring forth Mazzarot in their times? Or canst thou guide the Bear with its banim?

³³ Knowest thou the chukkot of Shomayim? Canst thou set the rule over ha’aretz?

³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy kol (voice) to the clouds, that abundance of mayim may cover thee?

³⁵ Canst thou send lightning bolts, that they may go and say unto thee, Hineinu (here we are)?

³⁶ Who hath put chochmah in the inward parts, or who hath given binah to the mind?

³⁷ Who can number the clouds in chochmah, or who can tip the waterskins of Shomayim,

³⁸ When the dust hardens into a clump, and the clods cleave fast together?

¹⁵ If you have ahavah for me, you will be shomer mitzvot regarding my commandments. [Ps 103:18]

¹⁶ And I will ask HaAv and another Melitz Yosher [Advocate, Counselor, Helper in Court, 14:26; 15:26; 16:7] He will give you that He may be with you l’Olam,

¹⁷ The Ruach HaEmes, which the Olam Hazeh is not able to receive, because it does not see Him nor have da’as of Him. But you have da’as of Him, because He remains with you and He will be in you.