Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
    With wisdom You have made them all;
    the earth is full of Your creatures—
²⁵ so is this great and wide sea,
    which is full of innumerable creatures,
    living animals both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.

²⁷ These all wait upon You,
    that You may give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When You give it to them,
    they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
    they are filled with good food.
²⁹ When You hide Your face,
    they are troubled;
You take away their breath,
    and they die and return to their dust.
³⁰ When You send forth Your Spirit,
    they are created,
    and You renew the surface of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in His works.
³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
    He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³ I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
³⁴ May my meditation be sweet to Him,
    for I will be glad in the Lord.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord!

Here! I am sending you grain, new wine, and oil,
    and you will be satisfied,
and I will never again make you
    a disgrace among the nations.

²⁰ I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and I will banish him to a dry and desolate land,
those in front to the eastern sea,
    and those in back to the western sea,
and his stink will rise,
    and his stench will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹ Do not be afraid, land;
    exult and rejoice,
    for the Lord has done great things!
²² Do not be afraid, beasts of the field,
    because the wild pastures flourish,
because the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and the vine yield their abundance.
²³ And children of Zion, exult
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
because He has given to you
    the early rain for vindication.
He showers down rains for you,
    the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
²⁴ Then the threshing floors will be filled with grain,
    and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁵ And I will compensate you for the years the locusts have eaten—
    the larval locust, the hopper locust,
    and the fledging locust—
My great army which I sent against you.
²⁶ You will eat abundantly and be satisfied,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders for you;
and My people will never again be shamed.
²⁷ Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
    that I am the Lord your God,
    and that there is no other.
And My people will never again be shamed.