Grandeur, Dignity, and Praise

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalm 8:3-4) The naked eye can see around 2,000–3,000 stars on a good, clear, and dark night. In the Northeast, due to pollution, it is almost impossible to see them unless we drive an hour or two and hope for the best. The Earth is relatively small compared to the Sun, which could hold a million Earths. The Sun is relatively small compared to Betelgeuse (a red supergiant star). The Milky Way, our own galaxy, has approximately 100-400 billion stars; the universe contains an estimated 200 billion to 2 trillion galaxies. In the 10th century, David did not have all the data and photos we now possess about the outer space and galaxies, but with his naked eye, he looked up and was amazed at the star-filled sky and