Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
24 O Lord, how [a]manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is the sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beasts and great.
26 There go the ships, yea that [b]Leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 [c]All these wait upon thee, that thou mayest give them food in due season.
28 Thou givest it to them, and they gather it, thou openest thy hand, and they are filled with good things.
29 But if thou [d]hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they die and return to their dust:
30 Again if thou [e]send forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 Glory be to the Lord forever: let the Lord rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth and it trembleth: he toucheth the mountains, and they [f]smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord all my life: I will praise my God, while I live.
34 Let my words be acceptable unto him: I will rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let the sinners be [a]consumed out of the earth, and the wicked till there be no more: O my soul, praise thou the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
18 Then will the Lord be [a]jealous over his land, and spare his people.
19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen.
20 But I will remove far off from you the [b]Northern army, and I will drive him into a land, barren and desolate with his face toward the [c]East sea, and his end to the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his corruption shall ascend, because he hath exalted himself to do this.
21 Fear not, O land, but be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness are green for the tree beareth her fruit: the fig tree and the vine do give their force.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he hath given you the rain of [d]righteousness, (A)and he will cause to come down for you the rain, even the first rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And the barns shall be full of wheat, and the presses shall abound with wine and oil.
25 And I will render you the years that the grasshopper hath eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpillar and the palmerworm, my great host which I sent among you.
26 So you shall eat and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt marvelously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 Ye shall also know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God and none other, and my people shall never be ashamed.
28 And afterward will I pour [e]out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream [f]dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
29 And also upon the servants, and upon the maids in those days will I pour my Spirit.
4 [a]Now there are diversities of gifts, but the [b]same Spirit.
5 And there are diversities of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of [c]operations, but God is the same which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is [d]given to every man, to [e]profit withal.
8 [f]For to one is given by the Spirit the word of [g]wisdom: and to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit:
9 And to another is given faith by the same Spirit: and to another the gifts of healing, by the same Spirit:
10 And to another the [h]operations of great works: and to another, [i]prophecy: and to another, the [j]discerning of spirits: and to another, diversities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
11 (A)And all these things worketh one and the selfsame Spirit, distributing to every man severally [k]as he will.
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