Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 8[a]
For the music director, according to the gittith style;[b] a psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,[c]
how magnificent[d] is your reputation[e] throughout the earth!
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above.[f]
2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies
you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries,[g]
so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.[h]
3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,
and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,[i]
4 Of what importance is the human race,[j] that you should notice[k] them?
Of what importance is mankind,[l] that you should pay attention to them?[m]
5 You made them[n] a little less than[o] the heavenly beings.[p]
You crowned mankind[q] with honor and majesty.[r]
6 you appoint them to rule over your creation;[s]
you have placed[t] everything under their authority,[u]
7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals,[v]
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that moves through the currents[w] of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,[x]
how magnificent[y] is your reputation[z] throughout the earth![aa]
22 Have you entered the storehouse[a] of the snow,
or seen the armory[b] of the hail,
23 which I reserve for the time of trouble,
for the day of war and battle?[c]
24 In what direction is lightning[d] dispersed,
or the east winds scattered over the earth?
25 Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains,
and a path for the rumble of thunder,
26 to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land,[e]
a wilderness where there are no human beings,[f]
27 to satisfy a devastated and desolate land,
and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?[g]
28 Does the rain have a father,
or who has fathered the drops of the dew?
29 From whose womb does the ice emerge,
and the frost from the sky,[h] who gives birth to it,
30 when the waters become hard[i] like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?
31 Can you tie the bands[j] of the Pleiades,
or release the cords of Orion?
32 Can you lead out
the constellations[k] in their seasons,
or guide the Bear with its cubs?[l]
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens,
or can you set up their rule over the earth?
34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?[m]
35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the heart,[n]
or has imparted understanding to the mind?
37 Who by wisdom can count the clouds,
and who can tip over[o] the water jars of heaven,
38 when the dust hardens[p] into a mass,
and the clumps of earth stick together?
Teaching on the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, you will obey[a] my commandments.[b] 16 Then[c] I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate[d] to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,[e] because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides[f] with you and will be[g] in you.
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