Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
8 1 The Prophet considering the excellent liberality and Fatherly providence of God toward man, whom he made as it were a god over all his works, doth not only give great thanks, but is astonished with the admiration of the same, as one nothing able to compass such great mercies.
To him that excelleth on [a]Gittith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord our Lord, how [b]excellent is thy Name in all the world! which hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth [c]of babes and sucklings hast thou [d]ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest [e]still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I behold thine heavens, even the works of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained,
4 What is [f]man, say I, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than [g]God, and crowned him with glory and worship.
6 Thou hast made him to have dominion in the works of thine hands, thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All [h]sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field:
8 The fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have hid [a]against the time of trouble, against the day of war and battle?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided the spouts for the rain? or the way for the lightning of the thunders,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, and in the wilderness where there is no man?
27 To fulfill the wild and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herb to spring forth?
28 Who is the father of the rain? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? who hath engendered the frost of the heaven?
30 The waters are hid [b]as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frozen.
31 Canst thou restrain the sweet influences of [c]the Pleiades, or loose the bands of [d]Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth [e]Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide [f]Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the course of heaven, or canst thou set the [g]rule thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that the abundance of water may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send the lightnings that they may walk, and say unto thee, Lo, here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the [h]reins? or who hath given the heart understanding?
37 Who can number clouds by wisdom? or who can cause to cease the [i]bottles of heaven,
38 When the earth groweth into hardness, [j]and the clots are fast together?
15 [a]If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever,
17 Even the [b]Spirit of truth, whom the [c]world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him: for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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