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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
    calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
    mighty in power,
    not one is missing.(A)

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26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(A)
    Who created(B) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(C) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(D)
    not one of them is missing.(E)

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17 “Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.(A) 18 You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,(B) 19 great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.(C)

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  1. 32.18 Or to thousands

17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord,(A) you have made the heavens and the earth(B) by your great power and outstretched arm.(C) Nothing is too hard(D) for you. 18 You show love(E) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps(F) of their children(G) after them. Great and mighty God,(H) whose name is the Lord Almighty,(I) 19 great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds.(J) Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind;(K) you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.(L)

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16 for in[a] him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in[b] him all things hold together.

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  1. 1.16 Or by
  2. 1.17 Or by

16 For in him all things were created:(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(B) all things have been created through him and for him.(C) 17 He is before all things,(D) and in him all things hold together.

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Lift up your eyes to the heavens
    and look at the earth beneath,
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and those who live on it will die like gnats,[a]
but my salvation will be forever,
    and my deliverance will never be ended.(A)

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  1. 51.6 Or in like manner

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(C) will last forever,(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.(E)

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13 My hand laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
    they stand at attention.(A)

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13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(A)
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;(B)
when I summon them,
    they all stand up together.(C)

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11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    the world and all that is in it—you founded them.(A)
12 The north and the south[a]—you created them;
    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.(B)
13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.(C)

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  1. 89.12 Or Zaphon and Yamin

11 The heavens are yours,(A) and yours also the earth;(B)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.(C)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor(D) and Hermon(E) sing for joy(F) at your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.(G)

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I form light and create darkness,
    I make weal and create woe;
    I the Lord do all these things.(A)

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
    who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who by myself spread out the earth;(A)

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Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) who formed(B) you in the womb:(C)

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

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16 Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
    Not one of these shall be missing;
    none shall be without its mate.
For his mouth, it has commanded,
    and his spirit, it has gathered them.(A)

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16 Look in the scroll(A) of the Lord and read:

None of these will be missing,(B)
    not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth(C) that has given the order,(D)
    and his Spirit will gather them together.

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Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you highest heavens
    and you waters above the heavens!(A)

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for he commanded and they were created.(B)
He established them forever and ever;
    he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.[a](C)

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  1. 148.6 Or he set a law that cannot pass away

Praise him, sun(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens(B)
    and you waters above the skies.(C)

Let them praise the name(D) of the Lord,
    for at his command(E) they were created,
and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree(F) that will never pass away.

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He determines the number of the stars;
    he gives to all of them their names.(A)
Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
    his understanding is beyond measure.(B)

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He determines the number of the stars(A)
    and calls them each by name.
Great is our Lord(B) and mighty in power;(C)
    his understanding has no limit.(D)

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26 if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone
    or the moon moving in splendor,(A)
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I should have been false to God above.(B)

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  1. 31.26 Heb the light

26 if I have regarded the sun(A) in its radiance
    or the moon(B) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(C)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(D)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(E)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(F)

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11 Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.[a](A)

12 It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom
    and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.(B)

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  1. 10.11 This verse is in Aramaic

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(B) the earth(C) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(D)
    and stretched out the heavens(E) by his understanding.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.