22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are (A)like grasshoppers;
(B)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

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    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    (A)stretching out the heavens (B)like a tent.

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Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

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The Humble and Contrite in Spirit

66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
    and what is the place of my rest?

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27 When he (A)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew (B)a circle on the face of the deep,

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

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10 And,

(A)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.[a]
But you are (B)the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:12 Some manuscripts omit like a garment

17 (A)All the nations are as nothing before him,
    they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

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33 to him (A)who rides in (B)the heavens, the ancient heavens;
    behold, he (C)sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

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14 (A)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the vault of heaven.’

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who alone (A)stretched out the heavens
    and trampled the waves of the sea;

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13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    (A)who stretched out the heavens
    and (B)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of (C)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of (D)the oppressor?

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

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15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
    and are accounted (A)as the dust on the scales;
    behold, he takes up (B)the coastlands like fine dust.

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He who (A)sits in the heavens (B)laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.

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“Where were you when I (A)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars (B)sang together
    and all (C)the sons of God (D)shouted for joy?

“Or who (E)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (F)thick darkness its swaddling band,

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33 And there we saw the (A)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (B)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (C)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

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The Lord Will Give Salvation

12 (A)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, (B)who stretched out the heavens and (C)founded the earth and (D)formed the spirit of man within him:

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25 (A)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and (B)the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 (C)They will perish, but (D)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

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10 The Lord sits enthroned over (A)the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned (B)as king forever.

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29 Can anyone understand (A)the spreading of the clouds,
    the thunderings of his (B)pavilion?

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An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.

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18 Can you, like him, (A)spread out the skies,
    hard as a cast metal (B)mirror?

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