Psalms 19

₁How clearly the sky reveals God's glory!

How plainly it shows what he has done!

₂Each day announces it to the following day;

each night repeats it to the next.

₃No speech or words are used,

no sound is heard;

₄yet their message goes out to all the world

and is heard to the ends of the earth.

God made a home in the sky for the sun;

₅it comes out in the morning like a happy bridegroom,

like an athlete eager to run a race.

₆It starts at one end of the sky

and goes across to the other.

Nothing can hide from its heat.

₇The law of the LORD is perfect;

it gives new strength.

The commands of the LORD are trustworthy,

giving wisdom to those who lack it.

₈The laws of the LORD are right,

and those who obey them are happy.

The commands of the LORD are just

and give understanding to the mind.

₉Reverence for the LORD is good;

it will continue for ever.

The judgements of the LORD are just;

they are always fair.

₁₀They are more desirable than the finest gold;

they are sweeter than the purest honey.

₁₁They give knowledge to me, your servant;

I am rewarded for obeying them.

₁₂No one can see his own errors;

deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!

₁₃Keep me safe, also, from wilful sins;

don't let them rule over me.

Then I shall be perfect

and free from the evil of sin.

₁₄May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you,

O LORD, my refuge and my redeemer!