On what were its footings set,(A)
    or who laid its cornerstone(B)

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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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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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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

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Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed

12 A prophecy:(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(D) declares:

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12 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

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16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(A) a tested stone,(B)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(C)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(D)

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16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

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22 The stone(A) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(B)

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22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

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Psalm 93

The Lord reigns,(A) he is robed in majesty;(B)
    the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;(C)
    indeed, the world is established,(D) firm and secure.(E)

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93 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

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20 built(A) on the foundation(B) of the apostles and prophets,(C) with Christ Jesus himself(D) as the chief cornerstone.(E) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(F) in the Lord.

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20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

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12 Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,(A)
and our daughters will be like pillars(B)
    carved to adorn a palace.

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12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

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

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For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

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18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 19 and make forty silver bases(A) to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 20 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames 21 and forty silver bases(B)—two under each frame. 22 Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 23 and make two frames for the corners at the far end. 24 At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that. 25 So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

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He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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