⁷ But now ask the beasts to teach you,
    the birds of the air to tell you;
⁸ Or speak to the earth to instruct you,
    and the fish of the sea to inform you.
⁹ Which of all these does not know
    that the hand of God has done this?

² The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the firmament proclaims the works of his hands.^(A)

⁷ With knowledge and understanding he filled them;
    good and evil he showed them.
⁸ He put fear of him into their hearts
    to show them the grandeur of his works,
⁹ That they might describe the wonders of his deeds

²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high
    and see who created^[a] these:
He leads out their army and numbers them,
    calling them all by name.
By his great might and the strength of his power
    not one of them is missing!^(A)