then listen from heaven to their prayers for help<n id="1" /> and vindicate them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For all the gods of the nations are worthless,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> made the heavens.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy!p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> reigns!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">he alone spreads out the heavens,p> <p class="poetry">and treads<n id="1" /> on the waves of the sea;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is higher<n id="1" /> than the heavens &#8211; what can you do?p> <p class="poetry">It is deeper than Sheol<n id="2" /> &#8211; what can you know?p>

<p class="poetry">If God places no trust in his holy ones,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if even the heavens<n id="2" /> are not pure in his eyes,p>

<p class="poetry">Even now my witness<n id="1" /> is in heaven;p> <p class="poetry">my advocate<n id="2" /> is on high.p>

<p class="poetry">Even though his stature<n id="1" /> reaches to the heavensp> <p class="poetry">and his head touches the clouds,p>

<p class="poetry">Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as he goes back and forthp> <p class="poetry">in the vault<n id="2" /> of heaven.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">By his breath<n id="1" /> the skies became fair;p> <p class="poetry">his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> it has been hiddenp> <p class="poetry">from the eyes of every living creature,p> <p class="poetry">and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.p>

<p class="poetry">Gaze at the heavens and see;p> <p class="poetry">consider the clouds, which are higher than you!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Under the whole heaven he lets it go,p> <p class="poetry">even his lightning to the far corners<n id="1" /> of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">From whose womb does the ice emerge,p> <p class="poetry">and the frost from the sky,<n id="1" /> who gives birth to it,p>

<p class="poetry">Do you know the laws of the heavens,p> <p class="poetry">or can you set up their rule over the earth?p>

<p class="poetry">Who by wisdom can count the clouds,p> <p class="poetry">and who can tip over<n id="1" /> the water jars of heaven,p>

<p class="poetry">the birds in the sky, the fish in the seap> <p class="poetry">and everything that moves through the currents<n id="1" /> of the seas.p>

<p class="poetry">He made the sky sink<n id="1" /> as he descended;p> <p class="poetry">a thick cloud was under his feet.p>

<p class="poetry">By the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s decree<n id="1" /> the heavens were made;p> <p class="poetry">by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> watches<n id="1" /> from heaven;p> <p class="poetry">he sees all people.<n id="2" />p>