<p class="poetry">Praise him, O highest heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and you waters above the sky!<n id="1" />p>

The heavens &#8211; indeed the highest heavens &#8211; belong to the <sc>Lordsc> your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

<p class="poetry">The heavens belong to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the earth he has given to mankind.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;God does not really live on the earth!<n id="1" /> Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account<n id="1" /> of the heavens andp> <p class="bodytext">the earth<n id="2" /> when they were created &#8211; when the <sc>Lordsc> God<n id="3" /> made the earth and heavens.<n id="4" />p>

The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,<n id="1" /> and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

<p class="poetry">to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! He thunders loudly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The heavens and the earth<n id="1" /> were completed with everything that was in them.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">He made the sky sink<n id="1" /> as he descended;p> <p class="poetry">a thick cloud was under his feet.p>

You alone are the <sc>LORDsc>. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens,<n id="1" /> along with all their multitude of stars,<n id="2" /> the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.p>

<p class="poetry">The heavens reveal his iniquity;p> <p class="poetry">the earth rises up against him.p>

<p class="poetry">The pillars<n id="1" /> of the heavens tremblep> <p class="poetry">and are amazed at his rebuke.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">who teaches us<n id="1" /> more than<n id="2" /> the wild animals of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">The one enthroned<n id="1" /> in heaven laughs in disgust;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord taunts<n id="3" /> them.p>

<p class="poetry">They speak as if they rule in heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and lay claim to the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He gave a command to the clouds above,p> <p class="poetry">and opened the doors in the sky.p>

<p class="poetry">He brought the east wind through the sky,p> <p class="poetry">and by his strength led forth the south wind.p>

<p class="poetry">He covers himself with light as if it were a garment.p> <p class="poetry">He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,p>

<p class="poetry">They asked for food,<n id="1" /> and he sent quails;p> <p class="poetry">he satisfied them with food from the sky.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He bends down to look<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">at the sky and the earth.p>