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“Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, Who humbleth Himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!”

God dwells on high yet humbles Himself to behold heaven and earth. This paragraph is a brief biblical quotation expressing the transcendence and condescension of God.

“The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.”

God's power is manifested in the whirlwind, storm, and clouds. This paragraph quotes scripture illustrating divine power in natural elements.

“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Thy works to another, And shall declare Thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, And of Thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts: And I will declare Thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness, And shall sing of Thy righteousness....

God's greatness is unsearchable, and generations declare His mighty acts. This paragraph consists of scriptural praise regarding the unsearchable greatness of God.

“All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; And Thy saints shall bless Thee. They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, And talk of Thy power; To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the glorious majesty of His kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.... My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.” Job 13:11 ; 22:12 ; Job 25:3 ; 37:5-24 , A.R.V., margin; Psalm 113:5, 6 ; Nahum 1:3 ; Psalm 145:3-21 .

All creation and the saints praise God for His everlasting kingdom and power. This paragraph quotes biblical passages calling for universal praise of God's kingdom.

As we learn more and more of what God is, and of what we ourselves are in His sight, we shall fear and tremble before Him. Let men of today take warning from the fate of those who in ancient times presumed to make free with that which God had declared sacred. When the Israelites ventured to open the ark on its return from the land of the Philistines, their irreverent daring was signally punished.

Reverence and godly fear are due to God and His sacred directives. This paragraph conveys a spiritual and theological principle about human awe before God and references biblical history, containing no empirical claims.