⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁶ Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

⁸ Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

¹⁸ Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

² Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

¹⁵ Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

⁵ To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²² It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: