Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant {be} not with day and night, {and if} I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, {and} the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts {is} his name:

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and {as} a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. {unto...: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth}

And brake up for it my decreed {place}, and set bars and doors, {brake...: or, established my decree upon it}

For this {is as} the waters of Noah unto me: for {as} I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, {wherewith} he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

When he prepared the heavens, I {was} there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: {a compass: or, a circle}

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night}

Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. {unto...: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth}

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, {then} the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

This {is} the interpretation, O king, and this {is} the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and {of} his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou {art} my Son; this day have I begotten thee. {the decree: or, for a decree}