Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

You have set your glory^(B)
    in the heavens.^(C)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(E) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(F)
    the work of your fingers,^(G)
the moon and the stars,^(H)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[c](I)

⁵ You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e](J)
    and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(K)
6 You made them rulers^(L) over the works of your hands;^(M)
    you put everything under their^[g] feet:^(N)
7 all flocks and herds,^(O)
    and the animals of the wild,^(P)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(Q)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(R)

²² “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow^(A)
    or seen the storehouses^(B) of the hail,^(C)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,^(D)
    for days of war and battle?^(E)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,^(F)
    or the place where the east winds^(G) are scattered over the earth?^(H)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(I)
26 to water^(J) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,^(K)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?^(L)
28 Does the rain have a father?^(M)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?
²⁹ From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens^(N)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?^(O)

³¹ “Can you bind the chains^[a] of the Pleiades?
    Can you loosen Orion’s belt?^(P)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations^(Q) in their seasons^[b]
    or lead out the Bear^[c] with its cubs?^(R)
33 Do you know the laws^(S) of the heavens?^(T)
    Can you set up God’s^[d] dominion over the earth?

³⁴ “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?^(U)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?^(V)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶ Who gives the ibis wisdom^[e](W)
    or gives the rooster understanding?^[f](X)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars^(Y) of the heavens^(Z)
38 when the dust becomes hard^(AA)
    and the clods of earth stick together?^(AB)