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26 Look at the myriad of stars and constellations above you.
    Who set them to burning, each in its place?
    Who knows those countless lights each by name?
They obediently shine, each in its place,
    because God has the great strength and strong power to make it so.

27 Why, then, do you, Jacob, inheritors of God’s promise,
    you, Israel, chosen of God—
Why do you say, “My troubled path is hidden from the Eternal;
    God has lost all interest in My cause”?
28 Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard?
    The Eternal, the Everlasting God,
The Creator of the whole world, never gets tired or weary.
    His wisdom is beyond understanding.

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26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(A)
    Who created(B) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(C) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(D)
    not one of them is missing.(E)

27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?(F)
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(G)
The Lord is the everlasting(H) God,
    the Creator(I) of the ends of the earth.(J)
He will not grow tired or weary,(K)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(L)

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