Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²² “The Lord made^[a] me
at the beginning of His creation,^[b]
before His works of long ago.^(A)
23 I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.^(B)
24 I was born
when there were no watery depths^(C)
and no springs filled with water.
²⁵ I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,^(D)
26 before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.
²⁷ I was there when He established the heavens,^(E)
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,^(F)
28 when He placed the skies above,
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
²⁹ when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,^(G)
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.^(H)
30 I was a skilled craftsman^[c] beside Him.^(I)
I was His^[d] delight every day,
always rejoicing before Him.
³¹ I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,^(J)
delighting in the human race.^(K)

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.^[a](C)
2 Because of Your adversaries,
You have established a stronghold^[b]
from the mouths of children and nursing infants^(D)
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,^(E)
4 what is man that You remember him,
the son of man that You look after him?^(F)
5 You made him little less than God^[c][d]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ You made him lord over the works of Your hands;
You put everything under his feet:^[e](G)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
⁸ the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.^(H)

⁹ Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!