Psalm 147:4-5,8-9,16-17
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- 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
In his essay Should Christadelphians reject the sciences, become biblical literalists, or teach ‘young earth creationism’?, brother Alan Eyre cites verses 4-5,8-9 and 16-17 from Psalm 147, exhorting us to faith in the God who "is the transcendental reality of which man, nature, and the material universe are manifestations."
He adds: "And yet in the same psalm, amazingly and thankfully, we learn:
“He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. The LORD delights in those who fear Him, who put their faith in His unfailing love” (vv.3,6,11)"
Accepting and going beyond the marvels of science, he seeks spiritual truths: "This is far beyond science. This takes real faith."
