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Psalms 147:4 · World English Bible

Psalms 147:4 Meaning He Counts the Number of the Stars

He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

What does Psalms 147:4 mean?

Within the dark firmament of the skull the higher faculties burn as points of light, and the one awareness at the center holds each in place and knows what each is for. The 7 lights ranged in the head, the glands and centers that wake as a person rises, are counted and set in order by the knowing self that never sleeps behind the eyes.

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Within the dark firmament of the skull the higher faculties burn as points of light, and the one awareness at the center holds each in place and knows what each is for. The 7 lights ranged in the head, the glands and centers that wake as a person rises, are counted and set in order by the knowing self that never sleeps behind the eyes.

To call a star by its name is to know a power in oneself so exactly that it answers when summoned. The self that names the inner lights governs them, so the whole night sky of the mind grows lit and obedient rather than scattered.

Stars: the inner lights of the awakened body, the glands and faculties ranged like fixed points across the dark firmament of the skull The number of the stars: the 7 centers set in order along the risen body, each counted and known rather than left a stray spark

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Live Psalms 147:4 today

  1. Instead of saying you feel bad today, get specific: tired, embarrassed, lonely, wired on too much coffee. The accurate word settles something the vague one leaves spinning.
  2. Tell one person what you are actually good at without hedging it, and ask them the same. Most of us carry real strengths we have never once said out loud.
  3. When pressure hits and you start to scatter, name what is happening in three words to yourself, something like my heart is racing. Named, it comes back under your hand instead of running you.

What is going on in you right now that you have never bothered to give a name?

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