¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
    (he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
    (he established it;
he did not create it a chaos;
    he formed it to be inhabited!):
I am the Lord, and there is no other.^(A)

“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;^(A)
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like clothing;^(B)
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
    and like clothing^[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will never end.”

²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(A)

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)

¹² Who has measured the waters of the sea^[a] in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
    and weighed the mountains in scales
    and the hills in a balance?^(A)