In the dawn of that day the stars sang together, and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.

How clearly the sky reveals God's glory! How plainly it shows what he has done!

Each day announces it to the following day; each night repeats it to the next.

LORD, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.

May the glory of the LORD last forever! May the LORD be happy with what he has made!

Good and evil alike take place at his command.

Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,

and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came---that was the first day.

He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came---that was the second day.

Evening passed and morning came---that was the third day.

Evening passed and morning came---that was the fourth day.

Evening passed and morning came---that was the fifth day.

By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.

In six days I, the LORD, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the LORD, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.