Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Psalm of David.

29 Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

² Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.

³ The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth,—Jehovah upon great waters.

⁴ The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

⁶ And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.

⁷ The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

¹⁰ Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.

¹¹ Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

³⁹ Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰ When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?

39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

² Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³ They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

⁴ Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁶ Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁷ He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁹ Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

¹⁰ Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹¹ Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹² Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

12 But concerning spiritual [manifestations], brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant.

² Ye know that when ye were [of the] nations [ye were] led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.

³ I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in [the power of the] Spirit of God, says, Curse [on] Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in [the power of the] Holy Spirit.