Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

^24 [a]How countless are your works, O Lord;
    by your wisdom you have made them all;
    the earth abounds with your creatures.
²⁵ There is the sea, vast and broad,
    filled with numberless species,
    living creatures both great and small.
²⁶ There the ships sail forth,
    and the Leviathan^[b] that you formed to play therein.
^27 [c]All of them look to you
    to give them their food at the appropriate time.^[d]
28 [e]When you provide it for them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you turn away your face,^[f]
    they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.
³⁰ When you send forth your Spirit,^[g]
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the earth.
^31 [h]May the glory of the Lord abide forever,
    and may the Lord rejoice in his works.^[i]
32 When he looks at the earth, it quakes;
    when he touches the mountains, they smoke.^[j]
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;^[k]
    I will sing praise to my God while I have life.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I find my joy in the Lord.

³⁵ May sinners be banished from the earth,
    and may the wicked no longer exist.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.^[a]
Alleluia.

¹ Now listen to me, O Jacob, my servant,
    Israel whom I have chosen.
² Thus says the Lord who made you,
    who formed you in the womb
    and will continue to help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob, my servant,
    Jeshurun^[a] whom I have chosen.
³ For I will pour down rain on the thirsty land
    and open up streams on the dry ground.
I will pour out my Spirit upon your offspring
    and my blessing upon your descendants.
⁴ They will spring up amid the grass
    like willows besides flowing waters.