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19 And when you look up to the heavens and behold the sun or the moon or the stars, the whole heavenly host, do not be led astray into bowing down to them and serving them.(A) These the Lord, your God, has apportioned to all the other nations under the heavens;

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Who made the great lights,
    for his mercy endures forever;
The sun to rule the day,
    for his mercy endures forever;
The moon and stars to rule the night,(A)
    for his mercy endures forever;

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Instead either fire, or wind, or the swift air,
    or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water,
    or the luminaries of heaven, the governors[a] of the world, they considered gods.(A)
Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods,
    let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these;
    for the original source of beauty fashioned them.(B)
Or if they were struck by their might and energy,
    let them realize from these things how much more powerful is the one who made them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:2 Governors: the sun and moon (cf. Gn 1:16).

Certainty of God’s Promise

35     Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun to light the day,
    moon and stars to light the night;
Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar,
    whose name is Lord of hosts:(A)

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