The Witness of Nature to God

Verse 1

The heavens in their splendor declare The might and the glory of God, For day unto day speaks His praise, And night tells His wisdom abroad.

Verse 2

They speak not with audible word, Yet clear is the message they send; Their witness goes out through the earth, Their word to the world's farthest end.

Verse 3

Forsaking his tent in the sky, Arrayed as a bridegroom, the sun Comes forth in his glorious strength, Rejoicing his circuit to run.

Verse 4

He tells through the length of the heavens His Maker's great wisdom and might, And nothing is all of the earth Is hid from his heat and his light.

Verse 5

The law that the Lord has ordained Is perfect, the soul to restore; His truth makes the simple most wise, The truth that is sure evermore.

Verse 6

His precepts are righteous and just, Rejoicing the heart and the mind; And all His commandments are pure, Enlight'ning the eyes of the blind.

Verse 7

The fear of the Lord is most clean, Forever unmoved it has stood; His judgments are perfectly true, In all things most righteous and good.

Verse 8

Such treasure no gold can supply, Such sweetness no honey afford; Their warnings none heed and obey But find most abundant reward.

Verse 9

O who can his errors discern? From hidden faults, Lord, keep me free; Let pride never reign in my heart, And clear of great sin I shall be.

Verse 10

I pray that my words and my thoughts May all with Thy precepts accord, And ever be pleasing to Thee, My rock, my Redeemer, my Lord.