[SPEAKER_00]: a guided prayer of proclamation and praise.
[SPEAKER_00]: The heavens proclaim the glory of God, the skies display His craftsmanship.
[SPEAKER_00]: Day after day, they continue to speak.
[SPEAKER_00]: Night after night, they make him known.
[SPEAKER_00]: So 19, one through two.
[SPEAKER_00]: Praise the Lord, yes, give praise of servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord, blessed be the name of the Lord now and forever, everywhere from east to west, praise the name of the Lord.
[SPEAKER_00]: For the Lord is high above the nations, his glory is higher than the heavens.
[SPEAKER_00]: Who can be compared with the Lord our God who is enthroned on high.
[SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 113, 1-6.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth.
[SPEAKER_00]: Your glory is higher than the heavens.
[SPEAKER_00]: You have taught children an infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
[SPEAKER_00]: When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you set in place, what are mere mortals that you should think about them?
[SPEAKER_00]: Human beings that you should care for them.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crown them with glory and honor.
[SPEAKER_00]: You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority.
[SPEAKER_00]: The flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth.
[SPEAKER_00]: Some ain't.
[SPEAKER_00]: The faithful loves of the Lord never ends.
[SPEAKER_00]: His mercies never cease.
[SPEAKER_00]: Great is His faithfulness.
[SPEAKER_00]: His mercies begin a fresh each morning.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lamentations two, 22 through 23.
[SPEAKER_00]: A prayer.
[SPEAKER_00]: God, I praise you, I exalt you, I join with the heavens and the earth to give you glory.
[SPEAKER_00]: There is none like you and all the earth, there is no one higher, there is no one greater than you, God, you reign overall.
[SPEAKER_00]: I stand amazed at your creation.
[SPEAKER_00]: I am overwhelmed by your care for me.
[SPEAKER_00]: Everywhere I look, I see your wonderful works.
[SPEAKER_00]: Everywhere I turn, I see your fingerprint when I look at the sky at the moon and stars in sun.
[SPEAKER_00]: When I look around me at the trees and the animals, the birds and the breeze and the fish in the sea, I see your loving care.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I am humbled when I consider how you made man and give your wonderful creation into our hands.
[SPEAKER_00]: Who can be compared to you?
[SPEAKER_00]: In your presence, who can stand against you?
[SPEAKER_00]: I proclaim your strength.
[SPEAKER_00]: I tell of your glory.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the face of every enemy, I proclaim that you are the reigning king.
[SPEAKER_00]: You are the lover of my soul.
[SPEAKER_00]: You are the one who fights for me, the one who loves me, faithfully.
[SPEAKER_00]: I thank you God for your unending mercies.
[SPEAKER_00]: I thank you for your steadfast love.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I declare with heaven and earth, how majestic is your name?