Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
God’s Shining-Greatness
8 O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of children and babies, You have built up strength because of those who hate You, and to quiet those who fight against You.
3 When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place, 4 what is man, that You think of him, the son of man that You care for him? 5 You made him a little less than the angels and gave him a crown of greatness and honor. 6 You made him to rule over the works of Your hands. You put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and cattle, all the wild animals, 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and all that pass through the sea. 9 O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth!
22 Have you gone into the store-houses of the snow? Have you seen the store-houses of the hail, 23 which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind spread over the earth?
25 “Who has cut open a way for the flood, and a path for the thunderstorm? 26 Who brings rain on the land without people, on a desert without a man in it, 27 to fill the need of the wasted land, and to make the grass grow? 28 Does the rain have a father? Who has given birth to the drops of rain? 29 Who gave birth to ice? And who gave birth to the snow water of heaven? 30 Water becomes hard like stone, and the top of the sea is covered with ice.
31 “Can you tie the chains of the stars of Pleiades, or loose the ropes of Orion? 32 Can you lead the groups of stars out at the right times? Can you lead the stars of the Bear with her young? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you make them to rule over the earth?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of water may cover you? 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’? 36 Who has given wisdom to the heart? Who has given understanding to the mind? 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can push over the water jars of the heavens, 38 when the dust gathers together and becomes hard?
Jesus Promises to Give the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love Me, you will do what I say. 16 Then I will ask My Father and He will give you another Helper. He will be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot receive Him. It does not see Him or know Him. You know Him because He lives with you and will be in you.
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