When he spoke, the world was created; at his command everything appeared.

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from heaven, you that live in the heights above.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, shining stars.

Let them all praise the name of the LORD! He commanded, and they were created;

In the beginning, when God created the universe,

that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."

In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him.

It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God's word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

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,

Praise him, all his angels, all his heavenly armies.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, shining stars.

And so the whole universe was completed.

Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky---the sun, the moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.

Instead of being gathered and buried, their bones will be like manure lying on the ground. They will be spread out before the sun, the moon, and the stars, which these people have loved and served, and which they have consulted and worshiped.

They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen.

But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.

Then the LORD God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.

It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster.

God's spirit made me and gave me life.

Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.