the spacious firmament on high (edit)

廣袤無垠的蒼穹

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The spacious firmament on high
光彩耀目的萬千天體合成為一的光明系統
With all the blue ethereal sky
共宣真神創造功力
And spangled heavens a shining frame
一輪艷陽日日東昇西落
Their great Original proclaim
是神太初創造大功

向每一片大地發射光輝
The unwearied sun from day to day
顯示真神能力無窮
Does his Creators powers display
每當夜幕降臨
And publishes to every land
當空明月拾起其奇妙的傳說
The work of an Almighty Hand
每晚向大地輕聲述說

重複著她誕生的故事
Soon as the evening shades prevail
在其周圍，群星閃耀
The moon takes up the wondrous tale
所有的行星，一個接著一個
And nightly to the listening earth
在旋轉時帶來自己的喜訊
Repeats the story of her birth;
將真理從北極帶到南極

即使他們均肅穆沉靜
While all the stars that round her burn
圍繞黯淡的地球來復運行
And all the planets in their turn
即使不靠嗓音或聲響
Confirm the tidings as they roll
仍然燦爛得熠熠發光

And spread the truth from pole to pole

What though in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball

What though no real voice nor sound

Amid the radiant orbs be found