Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

107 Thank the Lord because he is good.
    His faithful love for his people continues for ever.
² Everyone that the Lord has rescued
    should tell others.
Tell them how he has rescued you
    from the enemy's power.
³ He brought his people from foreign countries.
He brought them together from the east and the west,
    from the north, and from the south.^[b]

37 ‘When I hear the noise of a storm like that,
    I shake with fear.
² Listen carefully to the sound of God's voice,
    when he speaks like thunder.
³ He sends lightning across the whole sky.
    Its light reaches everywhere on the earth.
⁴ After the lightning comes the sound of his voice.
    He roars like the great sound of thunder.
When he speaks like that,
    the storm never stops.
⁵ When God's voice speaks,
    he causes wonderful things to happen.
He does great things that we cannot understand.
⁶ He tells the snow to fall to the earth.
He tells the rain to pour down
    and make the ground wet.
⁷ He does that to show people what he can do.
    He causes everyone to stop their own work.
⁸ The wild animals have to hide in a safe place.
    They have to stay in their homes.
⁹ The strong wind of a storm comes from the place where it starts.
    Cold winds blow strongly from the north.
¹⁰ The cold wind is like God's breath.
    He causes ice to cover the rivers and the lakes.
¹¹ He fills the clouds with lots of water.
    He sends the lightning through the clouds.
¹² The clouds move around across the whole earth.
    They go wherever God sends them.
    He tells them what they must do.
¹³ He may send a storm as punishment for his land.
    Or he may send it to show his love for his people.