Job 37:18

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

“You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.

For this they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

God 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.

In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.

He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.

that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”

Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.

For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?

When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

to him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

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

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?