Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵ So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.

²⁶ There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein.

²⁷ These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.

³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹ ¶ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let 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 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD.

³⁵ Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Halelu- JAH (Praise ye the LORD).

44 ¶ Yet now hear, O Jacob my slave and Israel, whom I have chosen:

² Thus saith the LORD that made thee and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my slave, and thou, Jesurun, {Heb. the upright one} whom I have chosen.

³ For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring:

⁴ And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

⁷ Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

⁸ For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

⁹ And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

¹⁰ Therefore as long as we have the opportunity, let us do good unto everyone, especially unto those who are of the household of faith.