Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

29 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings;
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
² Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    worship the Lord wearing holy attire.

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously,
    but aren’t its pinions and feathers like the stork?
¹⁴ She abandons her eggs on the ground
    and lets them be warmed in the sand,
¹⁵ but she forgets that a foot might crush them
    or any wild animal might trample them.
¹⁶ She mistreats her young as though they’re not hers,
    and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,
¹⁷ because God didn’t grant her wisdom
    and never gave her understanding.
¹⁸ And yet when she gets ready to run,
    she laughs at the horse and its rider.”

¹⁹ Do you instill the horse with strength?
    Do you clothe its neck with a mane?
²⁰ Can you make him leap like the locust,
    and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?
²¹ He paws the ground^[a] in the valley
    and rejoices in his strength;
        he goes out to face weapons.
²² He scoffs at fear
    and is never scared;
        he never retreats from a sword.
²³ A quiver of arrows rattles against his side,
    along with a flashing spear and a lance.
²⁴ Leaping in his excitement, he takes in^[b] the ground;
    he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!
²⁵ When the trumpet blasts he’ll neigh, ‘Aha! Aha!’
    From a distance he can sense war,
        the war cry of generals,^[c] and their shouting.”