Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³ I often think of the heavens
    your hands have made,
and of the moon and stars
    you put in place.
^4 (B) Then I ask, “Why do you care
    about us humans?
Why are you concerned
    for us weaklings?”
^5 (C) You made us a little lower
    than you yourself,^[c]
and you have crowned us
    with glory and honor.

^6 (D) You let us rule everything
    your hands have made.
And you put all of it
    under our power—
⁷ the sheep and the cattle,
    and every wild animal,
⁸ the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
    and all ocean creatures.

⁹ Our Lord and Ruler,
your name is wonderful
    everywhere on earth!

²² Have you been to the places
    where I keep snow and hail,
²³ until I use them to punish
    and conquer nations?
²⁴ From where does lightning leap,
    or the east wind blow?
²⁵ Who carves out a path
    for thunderstorms?
Who sends torrents of rain
²⁶ on empty deserts
    where no one lives?
²⁷ Rain that changes barren land
    to meadows green with grass.
²⁸ Who is the father of the dew
    and of the rain?
²⁹ Who gives birth to the sleet
    and the frost
³⁰ that fall in winter,
when streams and lakes
    freeze solid as a rock?