Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

8 O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your ^(B)name in all the earth!
You have set your ^(C)glory above the heavens.
^{2     (D)}Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established ^(E)strength because of your foes,
    to still ^(F)the enemy and the avenger.
³ When I ^(G)look at your heavens, the work of your ^(H)fingers,
    the moon and the stars, ^(I)which you have set in place,
^4 (J)what is man that you are ^(K)mindful of him,
    and ^(L)the son of man that you ^(M)care for him?
⁵ Yet you have made him a little lower than ^(N)the heavenly beings^[b]
    and crowned him with ^(O)glory and honour.
⁶ You have given him ^(P)dominion over the works of your hands;
    ^(Q)you have put all things under his feet,
⁷ all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
⁸ the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
⁹ O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

¹² “Have you ^(A)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
¹³ that it might take hold of ^(B)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be ^(C)shaken out of it?
¹⁴ It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
¹⁵ From the wicked their ^(D)light is withheld,
    and ^(E)their uplifted arm is broken.
¹⁶ “Have you ^(F)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
¹⁷ Have ^(G)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of ^(H)deep darkness?
¹⁸ Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.
¹⁹ “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,
²⁰ that you may take it to its territory
    and that you may discern ^(I)the paths to its home?
²¹ You know, for ^(J)you were born then,
    and the number of your days is great!