He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
He tells the number of the stars and calls each one by name, knowing every star by number and by name. This numbering and naming reveals the greatness of His knowledge and power, His boundless power and infinite understanding, His great power and limitless understanding. In its setting this star-counting is joined to His healing of the brokenhearted and binding up of their wounds. The same Lord who attends to brokenhearted and wounded people is the One who knows the stars, so that His care for the vast heavens belongs together with His care for people.
It is also joined to His restoring of fallen humanity and His lifting up of the meek. The God who heals the brokenhearted and lifts the meek also knows every star, and the Lord who restores fallen humanity counts the stars and calls each by name. His knowledge and power are infinite, yet He restores fallen people, heals the brokenhearted, and lifts up the meek, joining His care for humanity with His rule over the heavens. His vast knowledge of the heavens and rule over creation do not lessen His personal care for each person. His infinite power is joined with personal compassion for each wounded person, and the God who knows the vast heavens also attends to wounded people.
As the Creator whose power and understanding are limitless, who counts the stars and knows each by name, He takes pleasure in those who fear Him and hope in His mercy. His care for the humble and His vast knowledge of creation belong together with His healing of the brokenhearted and lifting up of the meek. Because the God who knows the heavens attends to wounded people, there is assurance to bring Him every anxiety and trial. Applied to Christ's ministers, His knowing the number of the stars and calling each by name means He knows them individually and holds them in His special care and protection.
He tells the number of the stars and calls each one by name, knowing every star by number and by name. This numbering and naming reveals the greatness of His knowledge and power, His boundless power and infinite understanding, His great power and limitless understanding. In its setting this star-counting is joined to His healing of the brokenhearted and binding up of their wounds. The same Lord who attends to brokenhearted and wounded people is the One who knows the stars, so that His care for the vast heavens belongs together with His care for people.
It is also joined to His restoring of fallen humanity and His lifting up of the meek. The God who heals the brokenhearted and lifts the meek also knows every star, and the Lord who restores fallen humanity counts the stars and calls each by name. His knowledge and power are infinite, yet He restores fallen people, heals the brokenhearted, and lifts up the meek, joining His care for humanity with His rule over the heavens. His vast knowledge of the heavens and rule over creation do not lessen His personal care for each person. His infinite power is joined with personal compassion for each wounded person, and the God who knows the vast heavens also attends to wounded people.
As the Creator whose power and understanding are limitless, who counts the stars and knows each by name, He takes pleasure in those who fear Him and hope in His mercy. His care for the humble and His vast knowledge of creation belong together with His healing of the brokenhearted and lifting up of the meek. Because the God who knows the heavens attends to wounded people, there is assurance to bring Him every anxiety and trial. Applied to Christ's ministers, His knowing the number of the stars and calling each by name means He knows them individually and holds them in His special care and protection.