⁴¹ “Again, on the second day, you created the spirit of the firmament and commanded it to divide and separate the waters, so that one part might move upward and the other part remain beneath.^(A)

Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

1 When God began to create^[a] the heavens and the earth,^(A)

⁶ And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”^(A)

⁷ So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.^(A)

² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had planned to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.^(A)