⁵ To him who by understanding made the heavens; For his loving kindness endures forever:

¹ In the beginning God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical marker.} created the heavens and the earth.

¹⁵ He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

²⁴ Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

⁶ By Yahweh's word the heavens were made; All their host by the breath of his mouth.

¹⁹ By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

²⁰ By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

²² "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.

²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed.

²⁴ When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.

²⁵ Before the mountains were settled in place, Before the hills, I was brought forth;

²⁶ While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷ When he established the heavens, I was there; When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

²⁸ When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong,

²⁹ When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

¹² He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: