26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    who created these?
(A)He who brings out their host by number,
    calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
    and because he is strong in power,
    not one is missing.

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16 For by[a] him all things were created, (A)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (B)thrones or (C)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created (D)through him and for him. 17 And (E)he is before all things, and in him all things (F)hold together.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in

17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (A)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (B)your outstretched arm! (C)Nothing is too hard for you. 18 (D)You show steadfast love to thousands, (E)but you repay the guilt of fathers (F)to their children after them, O great and (G)mighty God, whose name is the (H)Lord of hosts, 19 (I)great in counsel and (J)mighty in deed, (K)whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, (L)rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

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(A)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
(B)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[a]
(C)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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  1. Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats

13 My hand (A)laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand (B)spread out the heavens;
(C)when I call to them,
    they stand forth together.

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11 (A)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    (B)the world and all that is in it, you have (C)founded them.
12 (D)The north and the south, you have created them;
    (E)Tabor and (F)Hermon (G)joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.

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24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
    (B)who formed you from the womb:
(C)“I am the Lord, who made all things,
    (D)who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who spread out the earth by myself,

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He (A)determines the number of the stars;
    he (B)gives to all of them their names.
(C)Great is our Lord, and (D)abundant in power;
    (E)his understanding is beyond measure.

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I form light and create darkness;
    I make well-being and (A)create calamity;
    I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

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16 Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
    Not one of these shall be missing;
    none shall be without her mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
    and his Spirit has gathered them.

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The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

19 (A)The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above[a] proclaims his handiwork.

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  1. Psalm 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8

19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (A)the sun and the moon and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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The Seventh Day, God Rests

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (A)all the host of them. And (B)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

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11 Thus shall you say to them: (A)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth (B)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[a]

12 (C)It is he who (D)made the earth by his power,
    (E)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (F)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

Praise him, sun and moon,
    praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you (A)highest heavens,
    and you (B)waters above the heavens!

(C)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
    For (D)he commanded and they were created.
And he (E)established them forever and ever;
    he gave (F)a decree, and it shall not (G)pass away.[a]

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  1. Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed

25 (A)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and (B)the heavens are the work of your hands.

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When I (A)look at your heavens, the work of your (B)fingers,
    the moon and the stars, (C)which you have set in place,
(D)what is man that you are (E)mindful of him,
    and (F)the son of man that you (G)care for him?

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26 (A)if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone,
    or (B)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (C)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:26 Hebrew the light

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