Then God said, Let there be luminaries in the firmament of the heavens, to distinguish the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;

Then God said, Let the waters swarm with swarming living creatures, and let flying creatures fly to and fro above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

He binds up the waters in His thick clouds, yet the clouds are not split open under them.

By His Spirit He has made the heavens beautiful; His hand has brought forth the fleeing serpent.

He also loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His bright clouds;

Have you spread out the clouds with Him, firm as a molten mirror?

Have you entered the storehouses of snow, or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

By what way is light diffused, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, a wilderness devoid of mankind;

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par The heavens declare the glory of the Mighty God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.

By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

to Him who by wisdom made the heavens, for His mercy is eternal;

to Him who spread out the earth above the waters, for His mercy is eternal;

Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

Praise YAH! Praise the Mighty God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty firmament!

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.

But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and the eternal King. At His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to endure His indignation.

He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

When He utters His voice, there is the noise of much water in the heavens. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with the rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

The burden of the Word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.