It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."

The LORD is king. He is clothed with majesty and strength. The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.

Your faithfulness endures through all the ages; you have set the earth in place, and it remains.

All things remain to this day because of your command, because they are all your servants.

I marked a boundary for the sea and kept it behind bolted gates.

I told it, "So far and no farther! Here your powerful waves must stop."

Do you know the laws that govern the skies, and can you make them apply to the earth?

I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean,

and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.

"In the time of Noah I promised never again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will not reprimand or punish you.

The LORD provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea and makes it roar; his name is the LORD Almighty.

He promises that as long as the natural order lasts, so long will Israel be a nation.

But I, the LORD, have a covenant with day and night, and I have made the laws that control earth and sky.