Comfort from the Word – Day 12

₅The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do;

the holy ones sing of your faithfulness, LORD.

₆No one in heaven is like you, LORD;

none of the heavenly beings is your equal.

₇You are feared in the council of the holy ones;

and all of them stand in awe of you.

₈LORD God Almighty, none is as mighty as you;

in all things you are faithful, O LORD.

₉You rule over the powerful sea;

you calm its angry waves.

₁O LORD, our Lord,

your greatness is seen in all the world!

Your praise reaches up to the heavens;

₂it is sung by children and babies.

You are safe and secure from all your enemies;

you stop anyone who opposes you.

₃When I look at the sky, which you have made,

at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places —

₄what are human beings, that you think of them;

mere mortals, that you care for them?

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.

₁The LORD is great and is to be highly praised

in the city of our God, on his sacred hill.

₁₀You are praised by people everywhere,

and your fame extends over all the earth.

You rule with justice;

₁₁let the people of Zion be glad!

You give right judgements;

let there be joy in the cities of Judah!