For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.