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

¹⁸ can you join him in spreading out the skies,^(A)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?^(B)

⁷ He spreads out the northern skies^(A) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.^(B)
8 He wraps up the waters^(C) in his clouds,^(D)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

¹⁵ “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(A)
    and stretched^(B) out the heavens by his understanding.^(C)