⁷ He spreads out the northern skies^(A) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.^(B)

⁵ He set the earth^(A) on its foundations;^(B)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(C) with the watery depths^(D) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(E) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(F) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(G) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(H) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(I) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.