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You placed the world on its foundation
    so it would never be moved.

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

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God stretches the northern sky over empty space
    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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For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas
    and built it on the ocean depths.

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

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10 Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
    The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
    He will judge all peoples fairly.

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10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.(A)
    The world is firmly established,(B) it cannot be moved;(C)
    he will judge(D) the peoples with equity.(E)

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For when he spoke, the world began!
    It appeared at his command.

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For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(A) and it stood firm.

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The Final Judgment

11 And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

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The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(B) and there was no place for them.

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10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:10 Other manuscripts read will be burned up; one early manuscript reads will be found destroyed.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up

Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.
His faithful love endures forever.

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who spread out the earth(A) upon the waters,(B)
His love endures forever.

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Psalm 93

The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty.
    Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
    and cannot be shaken.

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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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14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

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14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(A) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(B)

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Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.

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Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(A)

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“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
    Tell me, if you know so much.
Who determined its dimensions
    and stretched out the surveying line?
What supports its foundations,
    and who laid its cornerstone
as the morning stars sang together
    and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?

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Footnotes

  1. 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God.

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.(B)
Who marked off its dimensions?(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line(D) across it?
On what were its footings set,(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone(F)
while the morning stars(G) sang together(H)
    and all the angels[a](I) shouted for joy?(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God