The moon and stars to rule the night, for his mercy endures forever;
with the mouths of babes and infants. You have established a bulwark against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger.
Had I looked upon the light as it shone, or the moon in the splendor of its progress,
God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night, and the stars.
When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place—
Yours the day and yours the night too; you set the moon and sun in place.
Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun to light the day, moon and stars to light the night; Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar, whose name is Lord of hosts: