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Psalm 19:3

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Psalm 19:3 (WEB)

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.

Catechism · 1

  • §299Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va

    “Our human understanding, which shares in the light of the divine intellect, can understand what God tells us by means of his creation, though not without great effort and only in a spirit of humility and respect before the Creator and his work.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ps 19:2-5; Job 42:3.

Fathers and councils · 14

Gregory of Nyssa

  • “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge;” and after saying that the heavens and the firmament declare, and that day and that night showeth knowledge and speech, he adds to what he has said, that “there is neither speech nor language, and that their voices are not heard.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–3 (LXX.).

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Augustine of Hippo

Justin Martyr

  • “In the sun has he set his habitation; and he, like a bridegroom going forth from his chamber, will rejoice as a giant to run his race: from the highest heaven is his going forth, and he returns to the highest heaven, and there is not one who shall be hidden from his heat.’ ”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–6.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “XI. Mind, then, and sense, thus distinguished from each other, had remained within their own boundaries, and bore in themselves the magnificence of the Creator-Word, silent praisers and thrilling heralds of His mighty work.” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 3.

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Hippolytus of Rome

Clement of Alexandria

  • ““Day utters speech to day” (what is clearly written), “and night to night proclaims knowledge” (which is hidden in a mystic veil); “and there are no words or utterances whose voices shall not be heard” by God, who said, “Shall one do what is secret, and I shall not see him?”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 2, 3.

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