Thi Thiên 19

Heavens and instruction tell God’s glory

¹For the music director. A psalm of David. ²The heavens tell over and over how glorious God is; the vault of the sky makes known what his hands have made. ³Each day passes the message on to the next; each night hands its knowledge to the night that follows. ⁴There is no speech, there are no words; nothing of their voice reaches the ear. ⁵Even so, their line runs out over the whole earth, their words to the far edge of the world. There he has set up a tent for the sun,^{a 6}and the sun comes out like a bridegroom from the wedding room and runs its course with the joy of a strong warrior. ⁷It sets out from one edge of the heavens and circles round to the other; nothing escapes its heat. ⁸The instruction of the LORD is whole and without fault; it brings back life. What the LORD has declared can be trusted; it makes the naive wise. ⁹The charges the LORD lays down are right and fill the heart with joy; the command of the LORD is clear and makes the eyes shine. ¹⁰The fear of the LORD is clean and lasts for all time; the rulings of the LORD are true, and every one of them is just. ¹¹They are worth wanting more than gold, more than a great hoard of fine gold; sweeter than honey, sweeter than honey fresh from the comb. ¹²They also warn your servant, and those who keep them gain a great reward. ¹³Who can catch all their own mistakes? Hold me clear of faults hidden even from me. ¹⁴Hold your servant back from arrogant sins too; let them never be my master. Then I will be whole and clear of any great rebellion. ¹⁵May what my mouth speaks and what my heart ponders be welcome before you, LORD, my rock and my redeemer.