Isaiah 40:26
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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)
Colossians 1:16-17
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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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Jeremiah 32:17-19
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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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- 32.18 Or to thousands
Isaiah 51:6
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6 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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- 51.6 Or in like manner
Isaiah 48:13
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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)
Psalm 89:11-13
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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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- 89.12 Or Zaphon and Yamin
Isaiah 44:24
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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)
Psalm 147:4-5
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4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.(A)
5 Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.(B)
Isaiah 45:7
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7 I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.(A)
Isaiah 42:5
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5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:(A)
Isaiah 34:16
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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)
Psalm 19:1
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Psalm 19
God’s Glory in Creation and the Law
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
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- 19.1 Or dome
Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.(A)
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Genesis 2:1-2
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2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.(A) 2 On the sixth[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.(B)
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- 2.2 Sam Gk Syr: MT seventh
Jeremiah 10:11-12
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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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- 10.11 This verse is in Aramaic
Psalm 148:3-6
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3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the heavens!(A)
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded and they were created.(B)
6 He established them forever and ever;
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.[a](C)
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- 148.6 Or he set a law that cannot pass away
Psalm 102:25
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25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(A)
Psalm 8:3-4
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3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;(A)
4 what are humans that you are mindful of them,
mortals[a] that you care for them?(B)
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- 8.4 Heb son of man
Job 31:26-28
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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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- 31.26 Heb the light
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