The Universe

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

…what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.