This is what the LORD says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me such a resting place?
My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
…both large and small.
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
as the morning stars song together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
You made all the delicate, inner parts
of my body
and knit me together in my
mother’s womb.
you saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in
your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
…“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the
foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with
your hands.
They will perish, but you remain
forever.
They will wear out like
old clothing.
You will fold them up like a cloak
and discard them like
old clothing.
But you are the same;
you will live forever.”
I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
The LORD’S home reaches up to the heavens,
while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD GOD is the
eternal Rock.
