He (A)stretches out the north over (B)the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.

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He spreads out the northern skies(A) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(B)

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

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He alone stretches out the heavens(A)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(B)

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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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22 He sits enthroned(A) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.(B)
He stretches out the heavens(C) like a canopy,(D)
    and spreads them out like a tent(E) to live in.(F)

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    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    (A)stretching out the heavens (B)like a tent.
He (C)lays the beams of his (D)chambers on the waters;
he makes (E)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on (F)the wings of the wind;
he (G)makes his messengers winds,
    his (H)ministers (I)a flaming fire.

He (J)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.

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The Lord wraps(A) himself in light(B) as with a garment;
    he stretches(C) out the heavens(D) like a tent(E)
    and lays the beams(F) of his upper chambers on their waters.(G)
He makes the clouds(H) his chariot(I)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.(J)
He makes winds his messengers,[a](K)
    flames of fire(L) his servants.

He set the earth(M) on its foundations;(N)
    it can never be moved.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:4 Or angels

The Creation of the World

In the (A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was (B)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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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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This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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for he has (A)founded it upon (B)the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

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for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.(A)

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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    who created these?
(A)He who brings out their host by number,
    calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
    and because he is strong in power,
    not one is missing.

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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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23 Ages ago I was (A)set up,
    at the first, (B)before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no (C)depths I was (D)brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains (E)had been shaped,
    (F)before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
27 When he (G)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew (H)a circle on the face of the deep,

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23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;(A)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,(B)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(C)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.(D)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(E)
    when he marked out the horizon(F) on the face of the deep,

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