I am the Lord, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by myself;^(C)
who alone spread out the earth;

¹² I made the earth,
and created humans on it.
It was my hands that stretched out the heavens,^(A)
and I commanded everything in them.

⁶ He builds his upper chambers
in the heavens^(A)
and lays the foundation of his vault
on the earth.^(B)
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.^(C)
The Lord is his name.^(D)

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,^(A)
laid the foundation of the earth,^(B)
and formed the spirit of man within him.