beauty of the earth

²The heavens describe the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of his hands.

¹⁶For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him. ¹⁷And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

³¹And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.

¹¹He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.

³All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.

²from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.

¹To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty; ²you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent. ³You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds. ⁴You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire. ⁵You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age. ⁶The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains.

⁷In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you. ⁸Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain. ⁹Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?

⁵He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. ³He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.

²⁰For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse.

²⁶Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.

¹⁷For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.

¹¹“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and they became and were created because of your will.”

¹⁴I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.

¹In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

¹For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

⁹But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.”

²⁷Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither work nor weave. But I say to you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.