Heaven is yours, the earth also; you made the world and everything in it.

O LORD, tear the sky open and come down; touch the mountains, and they will pour out smoke.

Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the sky.

The LORD says, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?

Hunt them down and wipe them off the earth!"

There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so.

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"---and it was done.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,

"By my great power and strength I created the world, human beings, and all the animals that live on the earth; and I give it to anyone I choose.

I am the one who has placed all these nations under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, and I have made even the wild animals serve him.