Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²⁴ How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.^[a](A)
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.^(B)
26 There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.^(C)

²⁷ All of them wait for You
to give them their food at the right time.^(D)
28 When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.^(E)
29 When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.^(F)
30 When You send Your breath,^[b]
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.^(G)

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works.^(H)
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.^(I)
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.^(J)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to Him;
I will rejoice in the Lord.^(K)

Look, I am about to send you
grain, new wine, and olive oil.^(C)
You will be satiated with them,
and I will no longer make you
a disgrace among the nations.^(D)

²⁰ I will drive the northerner far from you^(E)
and banish him to a dry and desolate land,
his front ranks into the Dead Sea,^(F)
and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.^(G)
His stench will rise;
yes, his rotten smell will rise,^(H)
for he has done catastrophic things.

²¹ Don’t be afraid, land;^(I)
rejoice and be glad,
for the Lord has done great things.^(J)
22 Don’t be afraid, wild animals,
for the wilderness pastures have turned green,^(K)
the trees bear their fruit,
and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.
²³ Children of Zion,^(L) rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,^(M)
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.^[a](N)
He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain^(O) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of grain,^(P)
and the vats will overflow
with new wine and olive oil.

²⁵ I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust ate,^(Q)
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied.^(R)
You will praise the name of Yahweh your God,^(S)
who has dealt wondrously with you.^(T)
My people will never again be put to shame.^(U)
27 You will know that I am present in Israel^(V)
and that I am Yahweh your God,
and there is no other.^(W)
My people will never again be put to shame.^(X)