Verse 1

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth ye worke of his hands.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:19-20 : 19 Forasmuch as that, which may be knowe of God, is manifest in them: for God hath shewed it vnto them. 20 For the inuisible things of him, that is, his eternal power & Godhead, are seene by ye creation of the worlde, being considered in his workes, to the intent that they should be without excuse:
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. Selah.
  • Gen 1:14-15 : 14 And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres. 15 And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,
  • Ps 148:3-4 : 3 Prayse ye him, sunne and moone: prayse ye him all bright starres. 4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.
  • Ps 150:1-2 : 1 Prayse ye the Lord. Prayse ye God in his Sanctuarie: prayse ye him in the firmament of his power. 2 Prayse ye him in his mightie Actes: prayse ye him according to his excellent greatnesse.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise, shal shine, as ye brightnes of the firmament: and they that turne many to righteousnes, shal shine as the starres, for euer & euer.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.
  • Gen 1:6-8 : 6 Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters. 7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.
  • Isa 40:22-26 : 22 He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in. 23 He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie, 24 As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote in the earth: for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirlewinde will take them away as stubble. 25 To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one? 26 Lift vp your eyes on hie, and beholde who hath created these things, and bringeth out their armies by nomber, and calleth them all by names? by the greatnesse of his power & mightie strength nothing faileth.
  • Jer 10:11-12 : 11 (Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens) 12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.