The Starry Hosts: A Plea for the Habitation of the PlanetsSimpkin, Marshall, 1875 - 114 pages |
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Page 16 - Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, And a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth : The strength of the hills is his also.
Page 18 - Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Page 16 - For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols : But the LORD made the heavens.
Page 26 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 17 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God...
Page 17 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Page 16 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 112 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Page 15 - When he uttereth his Voice there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Page 41 - Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us- ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.