Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

² O Lord, our Lord,
    how glorious is your name^[c] in all the earth!
    You have exalted your majesty above the heavens.
³ Out of the mouths of newborn babes and infants^[d]
    you have brought forth praise
as a bulwark against your foes,
    to silence the enemy and the avenger.
⁴ When I look up at your heavens
    that have been formed by your fingers,
the moon and the stars
    that you set in place,
⁵ what is man that you are mindful of him,
    the son of man^[e] that you care for him?
⁶ You have made him a little less than the angels^[f]
    and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁷ You have given him dominion over the works of your hands
    and placed everything under his feet:
⁸ all sheep and oxen
    as well as the beasts of the field,
⁹ the birds of the air, the fish of the sea,
    and whatever swims in the paths of the sea.
¹⁰ O Lord, our Lord,
    how glorious is your name in all the earth!

¹² “During your entire life have you ever commanded the morning to appear
    or caused the dawn to rise in the east
¹³ so that it might grasp the ends of the earth
    and shake the wicked from its surface?
¹⁴ She turns it like clay under a seal
    and dyes it as though it were a garment.
¹⁵ But light^[b] is withheld from the wicked,
    and their raised arm is broken.

¹⁶ “Have you ever descended to the depths of the sea
    and walked at the bottom of the abyss?
¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you
    or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
¹⁸ Have you comprehended the vast expanse of the earth?
    Tell me if you know all this.
¹⁹ “Can you point out the way to the dwelling of light
    and show the abode of darkness,
²⁰ so that you may assign each to its designated boundary
    and escort them on their homeward paths?
²¹ Surely you must know this,
    for you had already been born
    and the years of your life are beyond numbering!