Day to (A)day pours forth speech,
And (B)night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
Their [a](C)line has gone out into all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them He has (D)placed a tent for the sun,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:4 Another reading is sound

Day to day pours forth speech,
    and night to night declares knowledge.(A)
There is no speech, nor are there words;
    their voice is not heard;
yet their voice[a] goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens[b] he has set a tent for the sun,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.4 Gk Jerome Compare Syr: Heb line
  2. 19.4 Heb In them

May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.

May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.

May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

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19 1-2 God’s glory is on tour in the skies,
    God-craft on exhibit across the horizon.
Madame Day holds classes every morning,
    Professor Night lectures each evening.

3-4 Their words aren’t heard,
    their voices aren’t recorded,
But their silence fills the earth:
    unspoken truth is spoken everywhere.

4-5 God makes a huge dome
    for the sun—a superdome!
The morning sun’s a new husband
    leaping from his honeymoon bed,
The daybreaking sun an athlete
    racing to the tape.

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