Look up at the heavens; look at the earth! The heavens will disappear like smoke; the earth will wear out like old clothing, and all its people will die like flies. But the deliverance I bring will last forever; my victory will be final.

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.

I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty.

Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.

When I look at the sky, which you have made, at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places---

what are human beings, that you think of them; mere mortals, that you care for them?

How clearly the sky reveals God's glory! How plainly it shows what he has done!

"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.

I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the LORD, do all these things.

My hands made the earth's foundations and spread the heavens out. When I summon earth and sky, they come at once and present themselves.

And so the whole universe was completed.

By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.

long ago you created the earth, and with your own hands you made the heavens.

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

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

(You people must tell them that the gods who did not make the earth and the sky will be destroyed. They will no longer exist anywhere on earth.)

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

For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.

Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.

He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.

Great and mighty is our Lord; his wisdom cannot be measured.

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

How powerful you are! How great is your strength!

"Sovereign LORD, you made the earth and the sky by your great power and might; nothing is too difficult for you.

You make wise plans and do mighty things; you see everything that people do, and you reward them according to their actions.