⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,^(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth^(B) with all that springs from it,^(C)
    who gives breath^(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(D)
    who spreads out the earth^(E) by myself,

⁶ who spread out the earth^(A) upon the waters,^(B)
His love endures forever.

⁴³ I beat them as fine as the dust^(A) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled^(B) them like mud^(C) in the streets.

⁹ Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(A)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(B)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

¹⁹ As for an idol,^(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith^(B) overlays it with gold^(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.