Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² “The Lord ^[a]created me ^(A)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^[b]of old.
²³ From eternity I was ^[c](B)established,
From the beginning, ^(C)from the earliest times of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no ^(D)ocean depths, I was born,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
^25 (E)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was born;
²⁶ While He had not yet made the earth and the ^[d]fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
²⁷ When He ^(F)established the heavens, I was there;
When ^(G)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸ When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became ^[e]fixed,
²⁹ When ^(H)He set a boundary for the sea
So that the water would not violate His ^[f]command,
When He marked out ^(I)the foundations of the earth;
³⁰ Then ^(J)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was His delight daily,
^[g]Rejoicing always before Him,
^31 [h]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^(K)my delight in the sons of mankind.

³ When I ^[c](E)consider ^(F)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The ^(G)moon and the stars, which You have set in place;
^4 (H)What is man that You think of him,
And a son of man that You are concerned about him?
⁵ Yet You have made him a ^(I)little lower than ^[d]God,
And ^(J)You crown him with ^(K)glory and majesty!
⁶ You have him ^(L)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have ^(M)put everything under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
⁸ The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

^9 (N)Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!