Psalms of Life - The World
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PSALM OF THE UNIVERSE
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We look up in wonder to the sky at night:
the twinkling stars above us adorn your heavens.
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In a hundred million galaxies we stand on planet earth:
from this edge of the universe we look out and watch.
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Telescopes look back billions of years:
experts can guess what might have been in the beginning -
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the big bang that started the expanding universe:
the red shift that shows the stars
that are rushing away from us.
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But have scientists got the answers right:
is our knowledge built on mistaken assumptions?
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Telescopes outside earth's atmosphere can see things differently:
future discoveries could change our perceptions.
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As we depend on the sun for our existence:
it may be other suns that will determine our future -
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the pulsar reveals its beacon of light:
as the pointing star led wise men to look at God afresh.
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Some theories are supposed to prove you don't exist:
but I know you now and in my own experience.
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Here am I, looking up to wonder:
an individual on a very small planet.
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Our earth is kept alive and warm by an insignificant sun:
we only exist at the outskirts of an emerging universe.
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In your purpose, I'm not at the centre of existence:
as I look up I feel so small, and yet you love me!
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