when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of 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.

It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.

You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.

Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the sky.

No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.

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

Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"---and it was done.

they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"---and it was done.

Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"---and it was done.

Everyone was amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they said. "Even the winds and the waves obey him!"