The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age is His kindness.
The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
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Voices2
The moon and stars to rule by night,.... The lesser lights, and which indeed receive all their light Front the sun, Gen 1:16; for his mercy endureth for ever; in continuing these lights, so useful to men, as well as in making of them: the moon and stars have their benign influences upon the earth, to produce things out of it useful to men; see Deu 33:14; and are of singular service to benighted travellers, and to those that go down to the sea in ships; see Act 27:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
. Ver. 9. The moon and stars to rule by night. No hour is left without rule. Blessed be God, he leaves us never to the doom of anarchy. The rule is one of light and benediction. The moon with her charming changes, and the stars in their fixed spheres gladden the night. When the season would be dark and dreary because of the absence of the sun, forth come the many minor comforters. The sun is enough alone; but when he is gone a numerous band cannot suffice to give more than a humble imitation of his radiance.
The walk8
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Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
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Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
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The verses this one reaches4
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
