¹³ Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

²⁶ Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

¹⁰ You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

¹¹ They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;

¹² They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.

²⁵ In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

¹¹ For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

¹⁸ For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

⁵ God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

¹² In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

²² It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

⁵ Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

⁶ He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.

⁷ Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

⁸ Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

⁴ He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names.

⁸⁹ <LAMED> For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven.

⁹⁰ Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved.

⁹¹ They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.

¹⁸ Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?