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20 Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been seen and understood through the things God has made. So they are without excuse,(A)

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20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,(A) so that people are without excuse.(B)

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19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

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19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.(A)

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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
    calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
    mighty in power,
    not one is missing.(A)

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26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(A)
    Who created(B) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(C) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(D)
    not one of them is missing.(E)

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Psalm 19

God’s Glory in Creation and the Law

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

The heavens are telling the glory of God,
    and the firmament[a] proclaims his handiwork.(A)
Day to day pours forth speech,
    and night to night declares knowledge.(B)
There is no speech, nor are there words;
    their voice is not heard;
yet their voice[b] goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens[c] he has set a tent for the sun,(C)
which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
    and like a strong man runs its course with joy.(D)
Its rising is from the end of the heavens
    and its circuit to the end of them,
    and nothing is hid from its heat.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.1 Or dome
  2. 19.4 Gk Jerome Compare Syr: Heb line
  3. 19.4 Heb In them

Psalm 19[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

The heavens(A) declare(B) the glory of God;(C)
    the skies(D) proclaim the work of his hands.(E)
Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.(F)
They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.(G)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent(H) for the sun.(I)
    It is like a bridegroom(J) coming out of his chamber,(K)
    like a champion(L) rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens(M)
    and makes its circuit to the other;(N)
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.
  2. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars that you have established;(A)

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When I consider your heavens,(A)
    the work of your fingers,(B)
the moon and the stars,(C)
    which you have set in place,

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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made
    and all their host by the breath of his mouth.(A)
He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;
    he put the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him,(B)
for he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.(C)

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By the word(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,(B)
    their starry host(C) by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters(D) of the sea into jars[a];(E)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;(F)
    let all the people of the world(G) revere him.(H)
For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(I) and it stood firm.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap

15 They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, as their own conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them

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15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

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18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who[a] is close to the Father’s heart,[b] who has made him known.(A)

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  1. 1.18 Other ancient authorities read is the only Son who
  2. 1.18 Gk bosom

18 No one has ever seen God,(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

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  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who

17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible,[a] the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.[b] Amen.(A)

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  1. 1.17 Or unseen
  2. 1.17 Gk to the ages of the ages

17 Now to the King(A) eternal, immortal,(B) invisible,(C) the only God,(D) be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.(E)

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For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.(A)

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22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(A) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(B)

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90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
    you have established the earth, and it stands fast.(A)

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90 Your faithfulness(A) continues through all generations;(B)
    you established the earth, and it endures.(C)

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You set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it shall never be shaken.(A)

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He set the earth(A) on its foundations;(B)
    it can never be moved.

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