He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in the ocean depths.

you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.

Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"---and it was done.

God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

It was made by the one who sits on his throne above the earth and beyond the sky; the people below look as tiny as ants. He stretched out the sky like a curtain, like a tent in which to live.

"I am the LORD, your savior; I am the one who created you. I am the LORD, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.

The LORD made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

This is a message about Israel from the LORD, the LORD who spread out the skies, created the earth, and gave life to man. He says,

They purposely ignore the fact that long ago God gave a command, and the heavens and earth were created. The earth was formed out of water and by water,

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.