²³ I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;^(A)
and at the heavens,
    and their light^(B) was gone.

³⁰ When you send your Spirit,^(A)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

¹⁸ For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,^(A)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,^(B)
    but formed it to be inhabited^(C)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.^(D)

⁶ By the word^(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,^(B)
    their starry host^(C) by the breath of his mouth.