14 Then God said, “Let there be (A)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and (B)seasons, and for days and years;

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14 And God said, “Let there be lights(A) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(B) and let them serve as signs(C) to mark sacred times,(D) and days and years,(E)

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19 (A)He appointed the moon for seasons;
The (B)sun knows its going down.
20 (C)You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

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19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(A)
    and the sun(B) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(C) it becomes night,(D)
    and all the beasts of the forest(E) prowl.

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19 And take heed, lest you (A)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (C)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [a]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:19 divided

19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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35 Thus says the Lord,
(A)Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs (B)the sea,
And its waves roar
(C)(The Lord of hosts is His name):

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35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,(B)
who stirs up the sea(C)
    so that its waves roar(D)
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(E)

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16 The day is Yours, the night also is (A)Yours;
(B)You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 You have (C)set all the borders of the earth;
(D)You have made summer and winter.

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16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(A)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(B) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.(C)

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(A)He also established them forever and ever;
He made a decree which shall not pass away.

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and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree(A) that will never pass away.

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Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!

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Praise him, sun(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.

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He made the (A)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(B)And makes the day dark as night;
He (C)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(D)The Lord is His name.

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He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
    who turns midnight into dawn(B)
    and darkens day into night,(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(D)

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(A)To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
(B)The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.

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who made the great lights(A)
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern(B) the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

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When I (A)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
(B)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (C)visit[a] him?

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  1. Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for

When I consider your heavens,(A)
    the work of your fingers,(B)
the moon and the stars,(C)
    which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.

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15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(A)

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

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This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations(A)
    or be terrified by signs(B) in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.

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Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

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Sound the ram’s horn(A) at the New Moon,(B)
    and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

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